Fantasizing
Daydreaming as an escape
Denial
Refusing to accept reality
Displacement
Directing emotions toward person or thing
Projection
Assigning own feelings to something else
Rationalization
Making excuses for behaviour
Passive-Aggressiveness
Expressing negative emotions through passive, indirect ways
Regression
Reverting to earlier behaviours
Repression
Keeping unpleasant/painful thoughts from conscious mind
Submissiveness
A show of obedience/meekness vs. appropriate assertiveness
Suppression
A conscious refusal to acknowledge a painful situation