Its My Life.....Or Is It?







Projection is a form of proxy living or another way of looking at it wold be as a simulation, a virtual reality game that one plays with oneself. It is living ones life through others or by other means. It occurs when u want to hang out with cool guys or when a father wants his son to become a doctor/lawyer/engineer when he himself is none of these. When you have passed a certain phase or are in one and it does not go according to your plan later when one gets the chance he subconciously tries to relive the moments throught the lives of others. Another variation is what i like to call Passive Projection, or to aptly put it, Non-Interactive Projection. That occurs when one tries to live ones live through inanimate mediums, like movies, televisions, books or even computer games. This kind of projection is one practised by everyone to a greater or lesser extent. I personally do it through books, action/comedy flicks, gruesome and hardcore action games and tv sitcoms. Its fantasising about what we really want, the kind of lives and careers that we want but cant have. Projection is like a delusion a world in which we immerse ourselves for a little while to escape the atrocities and challanges of the real world. In fact i think that passive projection is even healthy for people. Its a kind of therapy that provides some brief respite to us. Only we must be in control so that we can draw the line and not overdo things.