Written by: Matthew Sabatine Introjection is sneaky like this raccoon getting into your stuff The following article/post represents only the views of the author and not everyone at Common Issues. The ability known as introjection is the mental act of absorbing the expectations and projections (the driving out of unwanted impulses) of others, which is... Continue Reading →
Pretending That Your Bad Parts Are Not Yours But Someone Else’s–An Unhealthy Defense Mechanism
Written by: Matthew Sabatine This post represents the views of only the author and not everyone at Common Issues. Psychological projection—you may have heard of it before. Someone, with their self-qualified overconfident wisdom, may have even tried to pin that diagnosis on you. The concept is often used pejoratively. Projection activates itself when the human... Continue Reading →