Projection Is A Defense Mechanism To Avoid Taking Responsibility

As a general rule, when someone is accusing you of doing something that they’re doing, they are engaging in the psychological defense mechanism of projection. This is the attribution of things to others that are actually attributable to oneself, and is a way of avoiding taking ownership for one’s actions.

In psychological terms, projection often refers to mental phenomena like thoughts and feelings, but can also apply to physical attributes and actions. The person projecting is pushing what they don’t like about themselves (or what they did) onto someone else, as a way of denying this about themselves.

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What exactly is projection and how does it relate to psychopaths? How and why do psychopaths use projection in their everyday relationships? Projection also incorporates blame shifting and is therefore a very important concept to understand when dealing with psychopaths and other toxic characters. It is a defense mechanism they use all the time https://psychopathsinlife.com/psychopaths-and-projection/