Psychological Projection

do you ever realize, that you (you = general) do project? And dont realize, until later that you - general, project?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection

"Psychological projection is a theory in psychology in which humans defend themselves against unpleasant impulses by denying their existence in themselves, while attributing them to others.[1] For example, a person who is rude may constantly accuse other people of being rude.

According to some research, the projection of one's negative qualities onto others is a common process in everyday life.[2]"

-- so this is common, and everyone has it to a large degree, small degree.

Just yesterday i was talking to family members, and people i know growing up who i love and should know their character/personality, yet not just me, but other people were projecting as well.

I thought gosh......how awful of us. And then, realize how so much we have in flaws.

For example, one of our beloved close relatives had a car accident late in the evening, and there were four men there who bumped into them. These four men tried very hard to coerce our relatives to not tell the car Insurance company and that they will give money instead.

We didnt know what happened, because the relatives took off to go on vacation somewhere. They should have called the car Insurance right away. But the four men didnt want that, and ran off. But not before my relatives got their license ect.

So, anyway, what happened was, they would report the car accident.

But we didnt know what actually happened because the car Insurance company called these men, to find out what happened so they can make a decision. And the men said that they paid in cash and therefore didnt report it.

Then several of us, were talking about how we thought of all these scenerios in our head that maybe Jonathan (making up names) and Mary just took off and took the money because they were manhandled and bullied by the four men. lol And if that happened, just forgive them because of the bullying, and they may have gotten beaten up or worse. Our Paranoia got to us. lol

When they came back from the vacation, they told us, no, we never took any money from them because that's illegal and they (the four men) were lying to the car Insurance company!!

Just goes to show how we projected with our own fears for them, when they stood their ground. We should have known better. I guess we think the WORST. 😢

Do you often project??

Anyway we didnt know what actually happened!! So we can't know for sure, but the fact that we had these negative scenerios in our head, shows our projection of what could have been, and the bullying and the threatening and the FEARS.

yet in reality,that didnt happen at all!!

so do you all do this? project even with family members, friends, people you know in your heart?

And then you wonder, why the hell did these four men blatantly lie to the Insurance company like that?? Don't they realize the repurcussions? it will effect their future Insurance and the legalities of driving ect.

Posted by DamnatBunny
Everyone does it on some level I however do not think about other people that much.

i notice it only with my loved ones more. Ironically the people in question in the true story have libra in personal planets. Interesting!!! 7th house = projection.

and they also have Scorpio in personal planets too!!! like Scorpio venus/mercury and libra mars.

Posted by Rambunctious76
Yes. I realised that a few years ago. Any insecurities I had or any other emotions, I'd end up projecting them on to others. These days I try not to, and that has led me to becoming more self-aware and also able to identify when others project.

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that's good. 🙂

Posted by Ssupes
Every time you communicate to someone it is psychological projection. No matter the topic.

You=everyone

it depends.

For example, on a wider scale, how BIG is the projection when people are accusing a person of a crime?

And the criminal looks guilty, he's from the ghetto, he's from poor, uneducated, and has a small criminal record.

Everyone points to him because he is the one who killed. Yet he was NO where near the crime scene.

and lots of innocent people go to prison all the time.

Projection—

and also can be 12th house/ 8th house = the dark/shadow side of ourselves.

Fear drives alot of us human beings!! Man of us scared shitless all the time. *smh*

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Posted by lisabethur8

Posted by Ssupes
Every time you communicate to someone it is psychological projection. No matter the topic.

You=everyone

it depends.

For example, on a wider scale, how BIG is the projection when people are accusing a person of a crime?

And the criminal looks guilty, he's from the ghetto, he's from poor, uneducated, and has a small criminal record.

Everyone points to him because he is the one who killed. Yet he was NO where near the crime scene.

and lots of innocent people go to prison all the time.

Projection—

and also can be 12th house/ 8th house = the dark/shadow side of ourselves.

Ok, this is what I mean.

Every interaction you have with someone projects your thoughts. Thoughts are 100% psychological. Are they not? It don't matter if your talking about dog food or the real meaning of life. Still projecting your thoughts.

Thoughts are psychological
Words are projecting

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so it's good to project how we feel, think, ect.

what are your thoughts on it?

Posted by Ssupes
^^^^. If nobody did there would be no progression in life. For anyone.

What if Pasteur never shared his thoughts on penicillin?

If nobody shared their thoughts then we would still be living in caves. (Jokes).

lol

I can't say anything about if I do this projection thing or not.

But I am guilty of bringing excuses.

The first time I noticed this it was just because an Aqua friend discovered this in my way of talking why I do not want to go to a certain party.

From then every time I hear my thinking-me, I tell her, "wait a minute! this all is rationalization. tell me about what you really want. that's enough for me".