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Old 03-17-2006, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by YuQX
Suppression!

Suppression is the COUSCIOUS removing of a stressful event from awareness; Denial is the automatic DISTORTION of reality to exclude material that evokes conflict.-----Kaplan Notes

Because I didn't see any distortion from that girl, she just avoid the stressful event consciously. So suppression is the right answer for her defense mechanism.
Well said.
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