Masingita's Altruism: What Is Introjection?

Immature defenses:
Introjection is a defense mechanism whereby the person take in other people’s feeling and make them their own, in a way introjection can also be seen as a way of identifying with the victims by internalizing their feelings and attributing them to your own( Kaplan and Saddock, 2007). This might give the person a sense of ownership of those feelings, hence the effects of those feelings might be less harmful as they have been internalized.

Projection is a defense mechanism in which the person attributes their own acknowledged or acknowledged feelings onto others(Kaplan and Saddock,2007). Since Masingita is a confident woman where ever she
In this particular way of reacting the person reacts differently from what they are feeling. Masingita was very angry about failing her matric(city press,2004),but instead of feeling sorry and dissociated from completing her matric. Masingita chose to not to react in an aggressive way to the situation, but rather decided to work hard in order to fulfil her wish of being educated, this is because as mentioned in the biography Masingita wanted people to remember her for doing positive things for her
Masingita dedicated her life to helping others with disabilities, especially those with the condition of cerebral palsy(city press,2004). By being an activist for the disabled she in return was gaining more confidence and sharing her life experiences with others meant that she was also helping them acquire the similar confidence she