What is the psychology term for this persons condition....?

Question

I have a person thats offline admitted to me that everything she is accusing me of online is what she in fact is secretly doing herself. She said she " suspects " and now declares I am doing such and such but it reminds me of some psych term I heard before that describes when a person publicly condemns and crusades against another and is in fact projecting their guilt for their own masquerade and secret struggle with what they are accusing of onto that person. It seems as if they are punishing others publicly for their own guilty conscience.

Like when a politician campaigns with hate and vigor against something he is doing or struggling with privately.

Isnt there a psych term for that ?

Answer 1

Actually there is a term that was defined by Freud as defense mechanism that sounds very close to what your friend is doing it is called:
Projection. Attributing to others, one’s own unacceptable or unwanted thoughts and/or emotions. Projection reduces anxiety in the way that it allows the expression of the impulse or desire without letting the ego recognize it;

basically in projection person 1 projecting thoughts, feelings and behaviours at person 2 so that they can avoid the pain it will cause by recognizing it in themselves.

Answer 2

She's a manipulator.. It's an old junkie trick to get people to look in the other direction like "hey over there" while they are doing the same thing.

Answer 3

It sounds like some sort of transferance, but I've never had any psych courses so I couldn't swear to it. :)

Answer 4

Projection.-------- it is a kind of defence mechanism given by Frued .

Answer 5

It`s called...projecting

Answer 6

Republican