Shadow Work

Shadow work is the path of the heart warrior. – Carl Jung

In a sense, shadow work serves as a confessional. In exchange for your innocence, you will be delivered catharsis, self-authenticity, and more compassion for others.

Shadow Work Guide: Uncover Yourself & Become Whole

The work

The way you plainly know yourself to be becomes the ego. A result of social programming that’s accepted by society.

Shadow Work Guide: Uncover Yourself & Become Whole

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Shadow Work for Projection: Integration & Self-Acceptance

When you can finally embrace the thing that you despise in yourself you will repossess the energy and power that you’ve been projecting outward.

You’ll know you’ve successfully integrated a part of your shadow when you are no longer affected intrinsically when it shows up in another perso... See more

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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

Psychological Projection (+ Examples)

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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

Psychological Projection (+ Examples)

Projection - the work

Research on social projection supports the existence of a false-consensus effect whereby humans have a broad tendency to believe that others are similar to themselves, and thus "project" their personal traits onto others.[39] This applies to both good and bad traits; it is not a defense mechanism for denying the existence of the trait within the se... See more

Psychological projection

Projection - algorithmic echo chambers, the need for touch points of differing views and opinions - a broader perspective allows for more accurate conclusions

Projection of a severe conscience[37] is another form of defense

Psychological projection

An attempt to bypass moral integrity, rationalize bad behavior

In victim blaming, the victim of someone else's actions or bad luck may be offered criticism, the theory being that the victim may be at fault for having attracted the other person's hostility. According to some theorists, in such cases, the psyche projects the experiences of weakness or vulnerability with the aim of ridding itself of the feelings ... See more

Psychological projection

Understanding your sense of responsibility vs others - “you made me do it” is not valid

Jung wrote, "All projections provoke counter-projection when the object is unconscious of the quality projected upon it by the subject."[29] Jung argued that what is unconscious in the recipient will be projected back onto the projector, precipitating a form of mutual acting out.

Psychological projection

Reflection - We view ourselves through our place in the world - our relationships, circumstances, how we interact in the world - without a firm sense of self we can take on others projections as our identity because we dont recognize them as projections. The best defense is a good offense - establishing a resounding sense of self via self reflection, shadow work, self awareness, boundaries, integration, etc. When we know ourselves fully we’re able to deflect projections easily - like a stranger on the street telling you you’re stupid - there is no context for that conclusion