Pay attention to recurring patterns in your judgments of others:

Do you frequently accuse others of possessing specific negative traits or exhibiting behaviors that you find unacceptable in yourself?

For example, if you consistently suspect others of being dishonest, particularly in situations where you might be tempted to act dishonestly yourself,... See more

Short-Term Impacts

• Immediate Ego Protection: Projecting undesirable traits onto others provides immediate relief from anxiety, guilt, or shame that might arise from acknowledging those traits in oneself. This ego protection can offer a temporary sense of psychological comfort and stability.


• Distorted Social Perception: Projection can lead to inacc

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The shadow and projection

How is the shadow encountered? Almost always in projection onto some other individual/family/group etc. This means that I see in an other something I do not like; this tends to keep happening. I may begin to notice that a lot of other people are rather greedy, for example. And I may begin to feel censorious or judgmental a... See more