reaction formation: U do the exact opposite of what u think or feel.
If u hate someone but u give them a flower, that's reaction formation.
Sublimation: U do the same as u feel but in a good way instead of a bad way.
Jack the ripper becomes a surgeon. U like the smell of blood, u become a surgeon instead of a serial killer but u still cut ppl up.
Sorry I don't remember any clinical examples but just keep these rules in ur head.
If u hate someone but u give them a flower, that's reaction formation.
Sublimation: U do the same as u feel but in a good way instead of a bad way.
Jack the ripper becomes a surgeon. U like the smell of blood, u become a surgeon instead of a serial killer but u still cut ppl up.
Sorry I don't remember any clinical examples but just keep these rules in ur head.
