A 42-Year-Old Man Comes to the Office for a Checkup

A 42-year-old man comes to the office for a checkup.  He has no medical symptoms but says, "I'm just feeling stressed and not like myself."  The patient is going through a contentious divorce.  He is outraged that his wife is pursuing full custody of their children and says, "I can't believe she is doing this to me."  His job as a legal researcher had been a welcome distraction from his upsetting personal life until yesterday when he was called to his supervisor's office for yelling at the receptionist when the copy machine ran out of ink.  Which of the following is the best explanation for this patient's behavior toward the receptionist?

A) Acting out
B) Denial
C) Displacement
D) Intellectualization
E) Reaction formation
F) Splitting
G) Sublimation

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