alienation autism autistic thinking avoidance avoidance mechanism avoidance reaction avoiding reaction blame-shifting block blocking circumvention compensation conversion decompensation defence defense defense in depth defenses dereism dereistic thinking deterrent capacity displacement dissociation dodge duck ego defenses elusion elusiveness emotional insulation equivocation escape escape into fantasy escape mechanism escapism evasion evasive action evasiveness fantasizing fantasy flight forbearance forestalling forestallment getting around guard isolation jink mental block negative taxis negativism neutrality nonintervention noninvolvement overcompensation prevention projection protection psychological defenses psychotaxis rationalization refraining repression resistance self-defense self-preservation self-protection shunning shunting off shy sidestep sidetracking slip sociological adjustive reactions sublimation substitution suppression symbolization the defensive the runaround ward wish-fulfillment fantasy wishful thinking withdrawal zigzag