Projective Identification
Married to a Narcissist
He believed he was living with a narcissist. The controlling moments, the lack of empathy, the recurring arguments all seemed to point in one direction. But what happens when therapy begins to reveal that the qualities we struggle with most in others may also exist, quietly, within ourselves?
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Projective Identification: When Feelings Begin to Move Between Us What follows is not a single story, but something drawn from patterns that can emerge in relationships — moments that, while different in detail, often carry a familiar emotional shape. In psychodynamic thinking, this can relate to what is known as projective identification in relationships, though…
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