Category: Psychologial Projection
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Election Campaign 2024: Rejections, Accusations and Psychological Projections
Psychological projection is the tendency to unconsciously see certain traits in another person –– traits you cannot acknowledge them in yourself. These might include anger, sadness, fears, insecurities, vulnerabilities, and dependency. It might include your tendency to be stubborn or flirtatious or bad or too loud or pushy or competitive or controlling. have a tendency…
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FactChecking the Biden-Trump Debate – My Impressions of Theater of the Absurd
I found myself having some powerful personal reactions to the Trump-Biden Debate – mostly to the low energy of Joe Biden and to the unexpectedly outrageous lying and gaslighting by Donald Trump
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Seeking Respect in a Dissing Kind of World
Respect is the backbone of relationships — personal, workplace, and as we see now, political. Lately I’m noticing that respect has become frayed and tattered and torn and sometimes practically non-existent. Misunderstandings and hurt feelings and anger and resentment seem to be filling the space and there is barely room for connection.
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The Case of the Missing Apology
Lately lots of political name-calling and finger-pointing and blaming and shaming. Folks taking things personally and retaliating by lashing out. But have you noticed apologies seem to be missing – along with stepping up and taking responsibility for often outrageous behavior.
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Liar, Liar Pants on Fire
I really hate being lied to. And lately there seems to be outright permission granted to lie in outrageous ways. Congressman-elect George Santos is a recent example of disrespecting his constituents –– and the rest of us as well..
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Tip-toeing Through Thanksgiving
Thoughts of gratitude are challenging when relatives disagree on masks, vaccinations, ballot recounts, immigration, protests, riots, guns, climate change, women’s right to choose, voting or infrastructure. Here’s how to have a respectful conversation.
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Disloyalty, Betrayal and Secrets, Too
The news is full of stories of Loyalty, Disloyalty, Betrayal and Secrets. Look under these accusations to find High Suspicion, Fear, Psychological Projection, and Taking things personally.
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Gaslighting –– the Ultimate Alternate Reality
Misrepresentations, untrue statements and flat out lies from both Conventions felt like gaslighting and manipulation. It was crazy-making because it reminded me of how my childhood perceptions were constantly discounted.
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Making Someone Bad and Wrong
Why are there so many instances of making people ‘Bad and Wrong’ lately: finger-pointing, discrediting, blaming and shaming? Could it be caused by psychological projection – accusing others of one’s own unacceptable thoughts and behaviors?
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Gangsta-Speak From the White House
Seems to be an onslaught of Gangster-talk that sounds like threats to personal security. And it’s coming out of the White House. Terms like “get rid of her” and “take her out” are repeatedly uttered by President Trump on the recently released dinner party tape. I can’t help but recognize these phrases as Mob-talk for…