…two completely different approaches to the description of the the term projection and projective identification, the latter which I found in error. One cannot deny that there are others who wish to feel superior to others, but their laziness prevents them from being who they really want to be, they don’t have time. This is artificial intelligence. Measuring one’s true superiority over another is certainly more than a simple projection that may or may not make one superior. One of superior intelligence will highly unlikely project or succumb to a projection and will likely know that this is going on. One who is trained as a psychoanalyst or psychotherapist would have superior skills at handling a projection as opposed to a casual friend.
Of course projecting can become splitting or dissociation in which case one could be separated from one’s intelligence or some talent. The one who possesses the split off or dissociated part will appear intelligent but may not be at all. Shirley McClain called this channeling. Jane Roberts did it in her Seth books.
Using projection to make one’s self feel superior? It may be that one is again trying to keep the inferior feelings of another at bay and this often occurs during ego development and that can be an ongoing process as in my case where history, traumas and the nature of our society often inhibit normal development.
While knowing thyself is important, it does not magically make our problems go away. Often we are plagued by the history and habits of another or others and we blindly navigate our way through our daily lives often getting into trouble. In this case one can seek help.
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