Emotional & Mental Health Vocab Test Corrections

Consciously and intentionally pushing unpleasant feelings out of one's mind.

• self-actualization

• suppression

• Personal identity

• anxiety

The unconscious lack of recognition of something that is often obvious to others.

Mental processes that protect individuals from strong or stressful emotions and situations.

• mental health

• emotional health

• idealization

• defense mechanism

The ability to accept yourself and others, to adapt and manage emotions, and to deal with the demands and challenges you meet.

• mental health

• personal identity

• self-esteem

• projection

The attributing your own feelings of faults onto another person.

The striving to become the best you can be.

• defense mechanism

• denial

• self-actualization

• personal identity

A person's overall emotional evaluation of his or her worth.

• suppression

• denial

• emotional health

• self-esteem

A sense of yourself as a unique individual.

• self-esteem

• personal identity

• idealization

• denial

A person's ability to control their emotions and behaviors.

• projection

• suppression

• regression

• emotional health

Seeing someone else as perfect, ideal , or more worthy than everyone else

• narcissist

• idealization

• denial

• projection