What Projection Actually Is

Projection happens when someone redirects emotions or behaviors they don’t want to face in themselves and assigns them to you.

Instead of taking responsibility, they attack your character.

Instead of reflecting, they deflect.

That’s why projection feels so destabilizing — it pulls the focus away from what happened and forces you to defend who you are.

Understanding this pattern isn’t about labeling people — it’s about protecting your sense of reality.

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