Emotional Projection

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Claim

Projection is when we see our emotions in others, but not in ourselves, we lack Self-awareness reveals mental and emotional states enabling intentional action. When we are angry, we think others are angry. It causes confusion because our words don't match our emotional state. We take our anger out onto the world, thinking we are clear from Blame is attributing fault instead of owning what's in your control. Instead of syncing with the other's emotional state, we try to force our own onto others.

Explanation

Projection is often triggered by Emotional hijacking is uncontrolled System 1 dominance over reasoning, when we are overwhelmed by our emotions that we instinctively feel that the only way to gid rid of them is to vent. We do this subconsciously. Same as hijacking, only by taking a Pause we can look inwards and gain clearer perspective.

Why it matters

Projection blocks our ability to empathize or listen to the other side. We are so focused on ourselves that we can't see the other side for who they are and how they feel. We treat them as something to vent on, might as well be a rubber duck, than a person. This is worth remembering when you experience Resistance emerges when people feel controlled or pressured from others, it's not necessarily an indication of you so much as they are trying to throw their issues onto you.

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Venting is proven to be more harmful than good. When we express our anger, it doesn't make us less angry, the opposite, it makes us more. Projection can often lead to a Harmful actions reinforce themselves through self-perpetuating feedback loops of strengthening the emotions we wish to overcome. Only with self awareness and validating our emotions instead of suppressing them we could avoid projecting them onto others.

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