Abunch of psychological operations people do to allay anxiety:
isolation of affect,reaction formation
omnipotence, splitting, idealization,
repression, projection, displacement,
undoing, humor, acting out,self-observation, sublimation,
devaluation,intellectualization,anticipation,
altruism,denial,projective identification, suppression,
passive aggression, dissociation,affiliation,
self-assertion, autistic fantasy,
help-rejecting complaining, rationalization
