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Projecting Emotions: Are Those Your Feelings or Theirs?

Projecting Emotions: Are Those Your Feelings or Theirs? by Holly Schaefer. Photograph of a woman looking out the window by Isabela Drasovean
Photograph by Isabela Drasovean

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

Projecting emotions is something that just happens, especially if we’re stressed and anxious; but with awareness, we can control it.

Before having children, I have to admit I scoffed at the “you’ll understand when you become a mother” phrase that was often thrown my way, especially by my own parents.

Of course, everything changed when the kids were born. I can still vividly remember the first moment when I felt like my world had been turned upside down. I’ve never known worry

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