Projective Identification

[@user-bd4bo4tb8u]

This happened to me. It was the most disorienting confusing thing I've experienced. Two years later and my reputation still feels tarnished. This was a good reminder to stay away from people this toxic.

[@kieransimpson4965]

@Untethered hi there, would you be interested to elaborate at all or no?

[@supralevamentum223]

Like many others here, understanding this phenomenon in psychology has helped me tremendously in my personal affairs. Thank you.

[@annaboyd6097]

I've spent the last 2 hours desperately trying to understand this concept and,thanks to your video, I have finally mastered it! Thank you so much!!!! 😀😀😀😀😀

[@rufa]

My pleasure Anna Boyd :-)

[@satsumamoon]

I want to thank you again :-) Now I understand that others CAN manipulate my feelings and make me feel bad about myself, I have the ability to not to be manipulated. I have the control over my emotions that I want. You have helped me out of immense suffering. Bless you for your part in this.

[@chriswarburton5921]

Thank you Rune. Projective identification is something I've always struggled to grasp, but you have explained it simply and clearly.

[@katel0908]

This is so interesting and completely endorses what I have been talking about for a long time...ie who the anger belongs to. The most interesting part for me is that the origins of the anger is not in the subject's awareness. I think this is critical in understanding and accepting this very popular behaviour!..I used to be that projecting person until I worked my way through and out of it completely, having realised all the negative and destrucive things in my life were coming from me, not to me. I and am now having karmic payback but finding it almost impossible to deal with as recipient. Thank you for this easy and wonderful explanation.

[@fagica]

The context is essential in validating your hypothesis. Anger often can be caused by willing sadistic behavior (unduly exercise of power) by person B (the object). This happens very often when there is a power unbalance. The degree of anger triggered, is proportional to the tolerance for stress by person A.

[@sohara....]

@ Linda Middlemist I'm sorry to hear that. What we give we receive back: I'm learning that too... not theoretically, as before, but in experience: and it may all just be what Dr Lee, who healed a hospital ward full of insane people, by Ho'oponopono, called his "data stream". Whatever around us, on our own particular life, is what we heal: outside of us as well as inside. Thus we step out of karma.

[@malibumom4700]

This is such a great little video. I often share it with clients and friends to explain this extremely complex behavior that is so devastating, particularly to children.

[@rufa]

Thank you Isobel, its a behaviour that makes serious problem for many people in contact with this kins of behaviour. Learning about this can help many to avoid and at least understand.

[@frugalbee7250]

Yes. Narcissists especially are masters of their craft, unbeknownst to themselves! Thank you for explaining this to the world.

[@RealityandCommonSense]

Thank you so much for your videos. I believe this is what happened between my NPD mother and myself. I didn't know it at the time and I lived out what she kept telling me I was. Now several years later I have woken up. However she and my ex husband are still trying to convince me I am someone I am not. I realise it is their own unconscious shame. Trying to explain that to anyone is almost impossible. As a result my children suffer from parental alienation and psychological abuse. I have been shunned and scapegoated from my family. I wish I had woken up sooner. Thank you again

[@Faizanarmi]

Each day is a new day. Its never too late to make a fresher and a better start.

[@petekdemircioglu]

My Family and also some very narc people I Unfortunately had to work with

[@petekdemircioglu]

Sickos

[@hoof2007]

Very well explanation of a very complex & complicated psychological matter.

[@sbeast64]

It's also possible that both the "subject" and "object" have a trait they are both unconsciously aware of, in which case they both act as the object and subject at the same time. It gets very confusing lol.

[@lauratysonli]

I learned about projective identification in my social work masters program but I have to admit I never fully understood it. Your video is by far the clearest explanation I have seen yet for how this works. Thank you.

[@irenestudwell931]

This was such a helpful, useful video. It has been invaluable when I've worked with supervisees and we are all struggling with a clear understanding of this toxic dynamic. It really helps to protect the innocent.

[@rufa]

1. Projective identification in this form is mostly seen in people with personality disturbance an psychothic persons. They often have described early traumas. 2. For most subjects this happens unconscious, it become concious for them when they identify with it in the object. The claims they make against the object is fantasy, because its not the object but the subject that has these traits.

[@ttrainor70]

My wife engaged in this behaviour with great detriment to me. I now have problems with the legal system. 1. She was born in a foreign country and her parents left her there as an infant while they came over here. Later, she was molested by an uncle. 2. Having done some research on BPD/NPD, I confronted her: "I know you know I know" and she dissociated. Blank eyed stare. There IS some core understanding of what she is doing, but she cannot admit or tolerate it. 3. She is a psychiatric nurse who must know this

[@2008boson]

extremely well explained video. this is the best explanation of these complicated defense mechanisms i have ever heard, thank you so much, i am a second year psychiatry resident and this is really helpful for me especially when i am in my initial stages of psychotherapy training.

[@karlwermig2851]

Very useful. Layers upon layers. Your clear definitions and articulation make a great basis for discussion. Thank you Rune.

[@rankingthunder]

Excellent, thank you! I realize that I see this happen all the time, after your explanation. Very, very true and very concerning what you say about miscarriage of justice due to protective identification.

[@hankschrader7261]

Thanks for the explanation. Projective identification is indeed very subtle!

[@robbieharvey]

Rune, towards the end of this vid you touch on introjective identification in an interesting way....concerning Ns and Bdlines...which explains why people they target feel like they have been 'soulraped'...the predator 'steals' the core identity and qualities of the target. Thank you.

[@kareemmefriend1293]

The SUBJECT seeks answers, knowledge that "emotional immaturity" denies him...perhaps, even healing...most OBJECTS are incapable of giving (due to lack of understanding the situation),...The OBJECT should respond with calmness, (assuming object is aware of the subject's narcissism). demonstrating, good-will, convincing the (child)/SUBJECT that Aggression, soon evaporates when handled properly, with little anger or further exertion possible... Communication is key and the wanting to end rather than furthering negative AGGRESSION....the narcissist Projective Identification can be used to MODIFY or, manipulate, add structure with-in the narcissist inner, barren landscape, (the void between grandiosity and reality). You have explained this very well Doctor, Thank you very much!

[@rufa]

Seeing it or not, they never admit to this traits. They live in the light of their false grandiosity. This has to do with nerve structures, and connections between neurons and synapses. Their traumatic starting point has as far as one know today little possibility of change. Change would imply reality understanding of them selves, which they don't. They really think their grandiose fantasy is reality!

[@theretiredclinician7257]

Are you refering to narcissists. I seen it in psychotic depressives and bordeline personality disorder. Kernberg would say anyone with bpo

[@davidryan8269]

Oh the pains of maturing, I'm 46 and only just getting my head around this, nice job explaining it.

[@cherylwilliams7070]

I am so glad I found this information. It helps explain a lot and it is my opinion that every social worker should study this subject.

[@barrylyndongurley]

I endured a narcissistic " reign of terror " from infancy thru 17 yrs of age. I recall the symmetry between my Dad's own, brutal violence and his feral projectivity toward my Mother and myself. During his violent tirades, his words always painted an inadvertent "self-portrait " of his own feral cruelty, always projected outward onto others, where it remained un-examined. Since those days, I've dealt 24/7 with chronic, insidious clinical depression, Introjective identification and suicidal ideation: but I am still here.

[@laeliebabe]

You sir, are a legend for giving this explanation. I thought I knew what projection was, but this is more in-depth and this gives an exact portrait of what my sister does to me. I could not explain it to her. (Not that she would listen to anything I would have to say anyway) Especially stealing my features (and ideas, anything good I do) and puts all the bad (of her) onto me. My sister does this to me ALL the time! But worse has her puppet friends and also gets other people to hate me whenever she can. Practically everyone in my family are narcissists. I have always been the quiet one and just tried to stay invisible/keep out of their way. One amazing thing my sister said to me once was "At least I get help for *MY* problems" ( I honestly had NO idea what she was talking about). I knew she had therapy but honestly I think it has made her behaviour WORSE! She is a lot more aggressive. (does that happen? This was when she cornered me, got me alone, went into a narc rage, after I had got away from her and not talked to her for about 10 mths) Anyway I will just end by saying I just LOVE this video. Especially from 8:00 - taking your good qualities too - I didn't know that was part of it, I thought that was a whole separate thing.:-)

[@rufa]

Thank you. This is a very complicated behavior that involves many different processes. "Splitting" is one defense important for this deviant behavior. As you can se these people have serious problems about their own borders go Self. The division between ME and YOU (subject/objekct) is disturbed.

[@Elisabeth19031978]

Rune Fardal That's what I often said to others: don't get angry about it, it's MY business! I'M responsible! So WHY does your boss get angry with you while I did something? It doesn't make sense! And why don't you allow me to grieve over the end over our friendship? IT"S MY GRIEVE!!

[@karenmontoya7204]

For a difficult and complex subject you did an excellent job of presenting the material in an understandable way to the layperson. Absolutely fascinating stuff.

[@PsychoticDelusion92]

Thank you! Great video about projective identification.

[@FrancesArden]

A helpful and lucid explanation of this complex phenomena - the diagrams are much better than the ones I drew many years ago when explaining this to a group! I admire you making the video in English - it can't be easy talking about these concepts in another language.

[@user-js5tk2xz6v]

this is so good explanation

[@l2s3s4]

Thank you Rune. You made clear the concept and helped shed light on a situation in my own life. I am grateful for your sharing your knowledge. Be blessed.

[@rufa]

+Rose Ann Vita My pleasure.

[@dnk4559]

I wish I had understood this dynamic sooner. I didn’t know what scapegoat abuse was in families and now I see my siblings do not have any awareness of what they are doing no matter how much they are confronted with the truth. We endured so much trauma growing up and they refuse to get help and instead want to blame me for things that are wrong just like our narcissistic parent did.

[@boperez2841]

Jesus christ narcissism kills existing empathy in sacrifice for chronic pain-relief

[@NarcissistFreealmost]

I think I've commented here before, but I had to watch it again. This is such an excellent explanation of such a complicated process! What really helps are the visuals. Thanks so much.

[@TA-cb1cn]

Thank you so much. I just experienced this and was accused of the behaviours I was pushing back on, and did not back down on it, and was discarded in a cold, unfeeling way. It was confusing and created self-doubt but this has explained the situation so clearly and given me peace in my heart and mind. It is also scary to think what type of person I was dealing with. Who knows how bad it could have gotten? :O

[@hellefreude5086]

I have recherched for such a long time to receive the understandable information you have given here, and not found these, for me, ultimate answers for a very complex situation. Thankyou so much for sharing this topic in such an understandable fashion..... And yes, 'miscarriage of justice' is the horror that follows inevitably, when the court system is poorly educated in, what seems, basic psychological knowledge.

[@707tich]

Iv always been interested in the language of denial and types of behaviours. I'm starting my masters in Pyscothreapry in sept and this helps with understanding my mothers toxic behaviour. Great video ! I'm from London

[@rufa]

Yes, the lack of object/subject constancy is a prerequisite for projective identification. Perception of your own behavior as belonging to others, has an element of not so healthy boundaries. Very confusing for the surroundings.

[@SenaiDemirci]

Thank you dear... I understand the complicated picture with your sincere and clear explanation.

[@nicolepiscopo6553]

I discovered this video today and was able to identify this as having happened to me very recently. Thank you for the video and the explanation!!

[@cdyce2020]

Thank you for your explanation. It was easier to understand than you think. I appreciated the step-by-step diagrams.

[@bpdunbound3161]

Thank you for presenting this complicated issue in simplified terms. The visuals are very helpful!

[@scottkerpen4755]

I really enjoyed your video. You manage to explain a very complex theory in simple and easy to understand terms. As a social science researcher, I hope this will help me to develop better and more reflexive understandings of my relationship with my research participants. Thanks :)

[@rufa]

My pleasure.

[@cyclades1610]

Thank you Rune - this really helped me to understand. Graphics supported by your narrative did the trick.

[@aaking64]

So far one of the clearest explanations for me in the confusing world of projection,transference, and all the other facets, techniques that get played out in psychotherapy that I am not sure are helpful or cruel. You are kind of seduced to the point of break down and dependency and then have to put ourself back together again without getting what you wanted, even a hug, leaving you maybe more worthless that when you started

[@Faizanarmi]

Dear sir, Thank you so much for sharing your precious knowledge with us. This video has proved to be a break through for my research thesis. The character I am analyzing seemed innocent till i watched this video, and now i know he was projecting his aggression due to a repressed memory. This has totally changed the direction of my character analysis. Thank you. Whether you like it or not, i will surely thank you in "Acknowledgments".

[@conniecarmona720]

Thank you for descriping this behavior to me. It opened my eyes to alot of what is happening with myself and my family members. Please keep doing this good work. Connie Carmona

[@cjwill9920]

Story of my life. Mum borderline, Dad narc, 3 breakdowns on way to fourth!

[@sarahcohen-schwarz5070]

Thanks for this presentation it was very helpful

[@christopherm374]

Thank you for this. Excellent Job with your explanations and creating an easy example to follow.

[@sallilas]

An extremely helpful explanation of a difficult subject. Thank you..

[@vmc1971]

Thank you for this detailed explanation!!

[@docjenwatch]

A wonderful explanation. Very helpful. thank you.

[@AlejoHausner]

Thanks for this! If you are a therapist, Robert Waska talks about how to deal with projective identification in his many books. I am learning and I would love to hear more about techniques for therapists when they become the receptacle of PI. For therapists: you would have to maintain empathy with the client while slowly introducing him/her to disowned material.

[@satsumamoon]

Very useful for me in my relationship. Thank you so much. With more clarity and awareness of these dynamics I can learn to respond more positively instead of being reactive.

[@gabrielbraun1643]

Fantastic video, it is naturally like you said a hard to identify phenomenon but you managed to explain it very well

[@missstarrynight7736]

Excellent video! Thank you !

[@1965TSR]

Very clear Sir,

[@thomasinabates4756]

Brilliant explanation, thank you

[@rufa]

From what you write i think the trauma of his fathers death may have brought about his behavior today. In a therapeutic setting you cant fight back on the projection, it makes things worse. What you can do is make him understand that his projected material hurts you (without blaming him). His aggression scares you and so on. He probably needs help from someone versed in and with a deeper understanding of PI. Normal therapeuts dont have this.

[@chattykathie5527]

I lived, unknowingly, with a narcissist for 10 years. I recognized early in the marriage that my ex had a mother issue. Again, not knowing anything about psychopathic behavior, I struggled with my once happy life. He killed two of my chihuahuas (one in front of me) and the authorities did nothing because he lied to them. Then his attempt at extorting money from me did work in his favor and was part of the divorce settlement. BUT, after the divorce my discovery of his three felonies and one charge of “theft by deception “ went unheard by the court (miscarriage of justice). He does operate “under the radar” as I then discovered I was his 5th wife! He hoodwinked me, and his betrayal stole 10 years of my life. He is currently searching for #6…at the age of 79. A freeloader extraordinaire. I truly enjoyed your video

[@arete_]

Tusen takk for gode videoer. Det er generelt lite god informasjon om dette på youtube. Ser frem til mer :)

[@psychonaut689]

Many thanks. A good clear description of this phenomenon.

[@kareemmefriend1293]

Very well put,...Very well explained!!! Thank You.

[@MidwayGuy]

That was a very clear explanation of a difficult concept, thank you

[@satsumamoon]

Do you have any insights into what is happening in the psyche of the person projected upon and why? EG becoming confused and unsure of my own reality , questioning ...perhaps he is right. In the moment it feels like hell, like a kick in the gut, and I "collapse' and loose my sense of self.

[@rufa]

To my knowledge, what happens is the subjects (unconscious) need to identify with the unbearable behavior in them selves, connected to their own trauma! As long as the negative traits stays in the object (projected) it does not threaten the subject. The subject is able to ACTIVATE emotions and affect in the object, similar to the projected material. This leads to confusion in the object because the object normally has self-insight enough to se that this behavior they have been manipulated into, is not coming from their own self. Thats why they question themselves, "Am i the crazy one"? Asking this question is also a sign of normality. Narcissists don't ask this questions about themselves.

[@satsumamoon]

Rune Fardal Thank you. I am most grateful for your imput.

[@millag93]

@@rufa Doctor,I think I may be narcissistic. How can I improve?

[@justlookalittledeeper9953]

My older sister does this, but mainly on one topic. She's insecure and vain, but yesterday when she was going on I (diplomatically) tried to tell her it's a family of origin theme, that appearance is very important, and she ended up saying vanity is my issue when it's not. If it's mostly unconscious there is no way of correcting her ways. She can be quite aggressive in obsessing about it, but comes across like a hyper cheerleader. Really gets on my nerves. Wish she would get therapy, but she believes there's too much of a stigma attached to it, plus she's heavily into magical thinking not self-reflection.

[@vicmorrowshead2965]

Thank you thank you. Excellent explaination

[@karlagonzalez-guerra2903]

Amazing explanation!

[@Mpoiuytrew]

Thank you very much for this explanation

[@JessCyph]

Great explanation!

[@BartvanderHorst]

Oh my God, this is so complex, and yet clarifying so much. Now what if both are doing the same thing...

[@richardprice9730]

Really great concise definition yes a very confusing term , I agree just started studying Melanie Kleines work It appears as a much stronger form of projection but in with this IS denial that is the twist or loop in conscious -subconscious processing the point is that spatially and temporarily i guess the child is protectively identifying with what Melanie Kleine called involved in PId, she then becomes associated or the holder of the "bad breast" , bad experience and this identification gels or solidifies into the actual object , she was the first person along wih Bion to use this term in her work with children who were on the autism-schizoid spectrum ie thier internal object had split by the re introjection of the bad Mother and breast because the mother couldn't handle or respond properly to the increasing force of the projection the baby needed to deposit in order to demonstrate I guess about the dynamic which was causing it pain , later morphs when the parasitic element of the pysche takes over your "psychotics". Originally it may have been the Mother was herself in denial and the idea you represent of the object may have some relevance ie the baby sense the neurotic -defensive Mother but cannot do anything to alter her behaviour other than forcibly project and reintroject , a vicious catch 22 situation can build up , later this forms the basis of the adult or teenagers breakdown schizoid psychosis ie in my case it was better handled when i took LSD neurasthenia , eveen the desire to label patients could be seen as a very mild form of PrId the need to see bad , "ill" out there and not "ill" here etc. I would question 4:52 min in whether for the very young baby whether the bad breast IS just a fantasy for the baby it seems very real it is a bad or traumatic emotional experience . Will watch rest later just got up need to shower but ummm . Watch the rest later has been very help full many thanks IT is best to see it as a fluid dynamic Mother -Baby and later adult having a deeply regressive episode in which he she is resorting to PrId , yes it takes alot of containing and unraveling a whole branch of analysis is dedicated to it , classically seen in Bruno Betleheims book the empty fortress. 6:00 min in Fantastic from what you might call still a rather Newtonian perspective you have nailed it beautifully BUT It IS extremely complex and as you quite rightly say very difficult to expose ! Because underneath the pseudo adult ego structure the repressed fear of the omni potent baby must never be seen , the adapted child has merged with the adult and hijacked it . The classic examples are murder cases , whilst healthy individuals may feel int rage they have enough good reflective ego capability to realize they cannot murder said person and even start to wonder what this is all about and seek to explore it either in therapy or with the other , the psychotic ( BP i guess) doesn't or doesn't want to .the epi center lies in the fragmented repressed early images ( imago ) of the child . It is or these are the most difficult subjects in analysis or rather i believe this is the primary defensive position in us all here is the difficulty we are all given certain very stress full situations able or prone to regress and then defensively use Pr Id , the more powerful form of normal projection as adults not realizing what we are doing in the adult psyche usually this muted or undercover psychosis is in the form of narcissism . This self idealization or self love as M Kl et al says attacking the tendency to positive libidinal impulse or drive tendency this earlier dynamic is what makes it so difficult to expose a kind of loop . Some therapist like Rd Laing have postulated breakdown or breakthrough ie a clean regression gives most opportunity but usually the adult development has such power full narcissistic negative destructive qualities this is used as defense . 8:20 min in again you have brilliantly elucidated the problem and why generally in the West there is this tendency to regress to the Omni potent baby who is subconsciously hijacking the adult ego state .. Power politics , wealthy elite etc are sectors made up in the main from people who tend to do this and evade exposure all their lives . the environment is manipulated by them to endorse their behaviour as Ok , greed , cruelty , using and abusing . Narcissistically dominated personalities seek power and thus often collude with the defense or self idealizing aspect concretizing the problem as the "other" it is part of our archaic past , justifications for all manner of hideous behaviour . Classically you made me do it ! YES I completely agree again with why courts , judges etc do NOT spot it take the case of a well known child murderer who has convinced people he is all most fit for release without exhibiting any guilt or real e realization of what he has done as compared or contrasted with the lifer who began to do this after years of isolation and diffuse breakdown of his internal structures said before Trevor Mc Donald i deserve to die ! This is too much for most people to own this is as M Kl says the normal depressive -neurotic position which is still confused ie masochistic but better than or further down the line than thee pyschotic -schizoid one . Unfortunately these types of problems are endemic in modern civilization and until we can get a much deeper betterand clearer understanding and there is widespread use of psychoanalysis and this form of depth psychology they will remain , currently we treat physical illnesses seriously but do NOT see or respond to possible mental ones usually until it is too late ie the shootings in America and the rise of tyrants . Also the cost for many people is prohibitive . Many thanks for your video very use full indeed , developing a sense of inter dependency is also key but anyway ....go well R Your thoughts comments welcome

[@rufa]

Glad i could be of help. Its very complicated in real life to expose this behavior, specially if one don't have the knowledge of this psychological defence mechanism.

[@baboona2326]

The visuals provide clarity.

[@jaska05]

Introjection, projection and denial, as a Finnish analyst Veikko Tähkä put it. This is always the case when dealing with people with no object/subject constancy. They have no real boundaries, and that fact makes them very consuming in relationships of any kind. They are leeches.

[@rufa]

Im not sure if one can say the subject dont see these traits, is in denial og if they are displaced. That is maybe not the most important. What is important is that the subject denies these traits in them selves at the same time as they identifies with these traits in the object. The importance for the subject is that these traits is not associated by their own selves. And if they are, its because of the object. The subject is not held responsible.

[@sanadbenali6993]

Thank you for your time in making this If I may suggest in any explanation videos show the pen first in a whole act then do the analysis

[@rufa]

Trobble with PI is that this often is unconscious, meaning your boyfriend does not se any projection coming from him. He only identifies whit the projected material in his object-representation of you. His mental picture of you, consisting of the aggression he projected. Problem is, you cant talk about the aggression. The reason he project is that this material is unbearable to him. He will deny it. Its not part of his conscious picture of him selves.

[@gabrielakessler5116]

Thank you very much for this important contribution!

[@Twinruler334]

This is fascinating!

[@SamGirgenti]

Very good.

[@KARYSTALLINGS]

Translation I love this video, narcissists are very ill and traumatized people, they hurt, humiliate, destroy people's self-esteem, hate helpless as women and children

[@forgottenfuryan]

children are helpless,not women.....

[@dsan5825]

Thank you for this video, it does explain it quite well.

[@stylist62]

Thank you, the person I married did this, Very dangerous deranged individual, put on me things I could never imagine to come up with, it’s a form of abuse that is so mind twisting consumes your every moment. They traumatize you, it’s hard to believe they really believe this. He had it made, yes psychopath s difficult like living with demons. Almost died of trauma panic high blood pressure. Not only blame, they punish, steal,abuse you. They don’t know when to stop.

[@bahoolaqat3634]

Thank you so much its becoming clearer now

[@bodybalancer]

This is a very confusing explanation for me. But I was searching bc I learned about this from my therapist. My mother was badly abused- and she is a highly toxic sick woman who never got help. She has always been abusive. If she wants to fight there is no avoiding it. She will act in passive aggressive or even aggressive aggressive ways- she'd always do it when she thought I was all alone, when dad was gone, on the phone, in the car. After being bullied- and provoked- of course the natural response is to get defensive and fight back- and THEN! Oh boy- she's got you. When they sense they've gotten under your skin they sadistically ramp UP their efforts. Then in response to your defense- SHE is the VICTIM. Now you've sank to her level and YOU are demonized, & scapegoated. Ostracized- isolated... thank god for technology and iPhones because for the first time ever- I recorded her screaming at me- trying to provoke me to fight. I escaped and have it to bring to my therapist for help.

[@Ankit_Singh_09]

Nicely explained sir

[@TheHebrewess]

Sounds like a diagnosis for racism. So we can say that being racist is projection & racism (stereotyping, racial profiling & prejudice) are projective identification.

[@kareemmefriend1293]

Unfortunately, believe this or not, licensed professional therapists are not allowed to speak on the matter of RACISM.....

[@thomashedlund5644]

Perfectly describes our current dilemma in the US in 2020

[@mununkummarfo5524]

wauwh really good. Thank you

[@NarcissistFreealmost]

Thank you for the visuals as well; very helpful.

[@suegilsdorf1723]

I'm wondering if ANY subject has been trained to act more appropriately regardless of established neuron connections. I'm guessing it depends on severity of this diagnosis and the willingness to practice and then experience reinforcing outcomes . .

[@rufa]

Jungian shadow theory may refer to an unconscious aspect of the personality which the conscious ego does not identify in itself. In psychopathology i am not sure one can identify these traits in one selves. After al these traits is connected to very strong affects. At the same time, at some sub-conscious level the subject identifies with these traits, but misplace them in the object. Identification with these traits in the subjects self, means self-knowledge normaly lacking in the subject.

[@reginagrace3774]

Very interesting, thanks

[@theretiredclinician7257]

I follow ogdens definition the capacity of one person to elicit feelings in another parson. It might be useful in an interpretation ,for the only give us a fraction of what they're going through.

[@anatzakai6126]

This is an excellent explanation for such a complex phenomenon that is usually difficult to understand. It is very helpful. Very well drawn and explained. Thank you. :) Do you have other videos on different defense mechanisms?

[@mancient]

Dessverre så er dette noe jeg har sett mye til... I BVT, NAV og helsevesenet. Det er vanskelig å finne et forsvar mot slik atferd, særlig ettersom maktdynamikken er asymmetrisk, og basert på synsing og føleri hos den ene parten.

[@Xbalanque84]

This... explains so much of the bullying I put up with as a child.

[@eirikvrnes3850]

Well put.

[@nancywysemen7196]

have wondered what splitting was.....thank-you. wonder about artists working with people. is the emotional content of that portrait really me or what you[artist] think you see....oh my,paint flowers for peace.

[@Sironil]

thanks alot for this amazingly clear video. i've been struggling for a while with this concept. not knowing if i thruely grasped it. until now. a question. how does this mechanism relate to empathy deficits in the subject? or to put it differently, if the subject were yo have no deficit in emphathy towards the object, would the subject then still be able to play this projective identification game with the object?