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Originally Posted by cypher
I think transference occurs when you transfer feelings regarding one person onto another. It's largely unconscious, and the feelings tend to be transferred from early childhood figures, esp authority figures and significant people in early life.
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That happens too, but is much more extreme, I think. Then there are the subtleties of it all...such as projection.
For me, with former T, the feelings of love I have are representative of my "best love". I love him the way I want to love others. He helped me to find this within myself, though. So likely there is some projection there as well.