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eppur_se_muova

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4. What Is Projection?

Reply to Playingmantis (Original post)

Fri Feb 20, 2026, 05:04 PM

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Unconscious discomfort can lead people to attribute unacceptable feelings or impulses to someone else to avoid confronting them. Projection allows the difficult trait to be addressed without the individual fully recognizing it in themselves.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/projection

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