ENEMIES: From War to Wisdom Episode 25: Projection and Projective-Identification: What do they mean?

Episode 25 January 13, 2020 00:36:28
ENEMIES: From War to Wisdom Episode 25: Projection and Projective-Identification: What do they mean?
ENEMIES: From War to Wisdom
ENEMIES: From War to Wisdom Episode 25: Projection and Projective-Identification: What do they mean?

Jan 13 2020 | 00:36:28

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Show Notes

(Part 1) Why are even simple topics often difficult to discuss, especially if people have different viewpoints? Underlying many confusions and animosities in human interactions in couples and groups is a form of unconscious emotional communication that implies and evokes strong reactions in ways that usually fall outside our awareness. We suddenly feel triggered, trapped, or kidnapped into an emotional reality that we had not intended. This kind of communication may be positive or idealized, as when we fall in love. More often, though, it is negative and agitating as when we feel we MUST protect ourselves by insisting on the faults of another, either someone we know or a stranger who carries an emotional meaning for us.

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