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How do you combat projection when its used on you?

Magenta · F
I usually don't say much, mostly acknowledge it to myself.
Sometimes we don't recognize it as such until after a time. It's rampant on here. When someone continually mentions a subject or trait they apply to someone else or what they aren't, it becomes quite clear it IS their issue.

ETA: Really, most things we say of others are projections. We are not inside that persons brain or heart, we can not know. So what we accuse/perceive comes from [i]inside[/i] [i]us[/i].
darknessprevails · 26-30, M
@Magenta i typically take it the same. Its a big brain type move.
I don’t. I just smile to myself and let them let out what they need to let out while I smile and nod.
I let them know it's a projection. I don't take it personally and I don't indulge their projection any further.
darknessprevails · 26-30, M
@thinkingoutloud yeah, i've actually tried that yesterday on a friend of mine that I always banter with. For someone that loves to talk and banter he had very little to say after 🤣
Nebula · 41-45, F
Let them know I know that's what is going on

 
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