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Originally Posted by Rapunzel
Absolutely! When you challenge the introject and don't listen to it, you can turn it off and send it away. An introject is an internalized part of someone else, but it is something in your own mind and thoughts still, and you can learn to control that.
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That's good news!
Just this morning as I was brooding about how am I going to relate to my sister in healthy way this Christmas (She has bullied me relentlessly when we were younger), I heard my negative introject blurt out advice that only mom could think of. So, hollered at it, "Shut up!" This time, it didn't argue back...it was as if someone left the room.
This is interesting how talking about it could have motivated it to try to reclaim its previous power over my life. So, every time that I struggle to believe in myself...could be the workings of the introject. My mom never believed that I could accomplish anything on my own without her help. I have to keep on fighting the good fight.