introject
- noun
- /ˈɪntrəˌdʒɛkt/
- Specialized
:
introyección
- Negative introjects involve bad feelings about self, where the very young begin to feel that they are wrong and different, and that it is not okay to feel and behave as they do.
Examples
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Many individuals struggle with negative introjects that lead them to believe they are unworthy of love.
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People may not realize that their critical thoughts about themselves are often the result of internalized introjects.
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In his mind, the infant splits the object into its good and bad aspects and introjects or internalizes the bad aspect.
Academic text (1993) -
"Insofar as the objects which are presented to it are sources of pleasure," Freud writes in his 1915 "Instincts and their Vicissitudes," "the ego takes them into itself, 'introjects' them... and, on the other hand, it expels whatever within itself becomes a cause of unpleasure."
Academic text (1992) -
Therapists often explore how introjects from childhood can affect a person's current relationships.
How Internalized
17
4.9
- Specialized
- Specialized
29
3.9
806
2.3
777
3.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word introject, used as a noun, comes from the parts in- 'into' and -ject 'throw', like in inject. An introject is a thought or voice 'thrown into' your inner world, a part of another person that seems to live inside you and speak as an inner voice.