Projection

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Projection is a psychological mechanism that the Bodily Ego uses to avoid uncomfortable confrontation with one's own guilt and shame. When one projects, one reduces awareness of one's own guilt and shame by projecting it onto others.

Other Awareness Reduction Mechanisms

Awareness Reduction Mechanisms > Avoidance, Denial, Displacement, Dissociation, Distortion, Distraction, Diversion, Gaslighting, Intellectualization, Internalization, Projection, Rationalization, Reaction Formation, Regression, Repression, Sublimation

Related Terms

Awareness Reduction Mechanisms > Ego Threat, Unwanted Self

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