▁emot ions , ▁ideas , ▁or ▁wishes ▁being ▁most ▁often ▁used ▁to ▁all ay ▁anx iety ▁in ▁the ▁face ▁of ▁ag gress ive ▁or ▁sexual ▁imp uls es . ▁ ▁Fre ud ▁ ▁Fre ud ▁initially ▁saw ▁disp lacement ▁as ▁a ▁means ▁of ▁dream - dist ort ion , ▁involving ▁a ▁shift ▁of ▁emphas is ▁from ▁important ▁to ▁un important ▁elements , ▁or ▁the ▁replacement ▁of ▁something ▁by ▁a ▁mere ▁ill usion . ▁Fre ud ▁called ▁this ▁“ dis p lacement ▁of ▁acc ent .” ▁▁ ▁Dis p lacement ▁of ▁object : ▁Fe el ings ▁that ▁are ▁connected ▁with ▁one ▁person ▁are ▁disp la ced ▁onto ▁another ▁person . ▁A ▁man ▁who ▁has ▁had ▁a ▁bad ▁day ▁at ▁the ▁office , ▁comes ▁home ▁and ▁y ells ▁at ▁his ▁wife ▁and ▁children , ▁is ▁disp la cing ▁his ▁anger ▁from ▁work place ▁onto ▁his ▁family . ▁Fre ud ▁thought ▁that ▁when ▁children ▁have ▁animal ▁ph ob ias , ▁they ▁may ▁be ▁disp la cing ▁fear s ▁of ▁their ▁parents ▁onto ▁an ▁animal . ▁▁ ▁Dis p lacement ▁of ▁att ribution : ▁A ▁characteristic ▁that ▁one ▁perce ives ▁in ▁ones elf ▁but ▁seems ▁un accept able ▁is ▁instead ▁attributed ▁to ▁another ▁person . ▁This ▁is ▁essentially ▁the ▁mechanism ▁of ▁psych ological ▁projection ; ▁an ▁aspect ▁of ▁the ▁self ▁is ▁project ed ▁( dis pla ced ) ▁onto ▁someone ▁else . ▁Fre ud ▁wrote ▁that ▁people ▁commonly ▁dis place ▁their ▁own ▁des ires ▁onto ▁God ’ s ▁will . ▁▁ ▁Bod ily ▁disp lac ements :