INTROJECTION

Introjection (German: Introjektion) is a psychoanalytical term with a variety of meanings. Generally, it is regarded as the process
where the subject replicates in itself behaviors, attributes or other fragments of the surrounding world, especially of other subjects.
Cognate concepts are identification, incorporation,[1] and internalization. To use a simple example, a person who picks up traits from
their friends (e.g., a person who begins frequently exclaiming "Ridiculous!" as a result of hearing a friend of theirs repeatedly doing the
same) is introjecting. ( Eg Kartika does that)
Projection has been described as an early phase of introjections.
According to Freud, the ego and the superego are constructed by introjecting external behavioral patterns into the subject's
own person.

Relational mechanisms
"Individuals with weak ego boundaries are more prone to use introjection as a defense mechanism."
According to D. W. Winnicott, "projection and introjection mechanisms... let the other person be the manager sometimes, and
to hand over omnipotence( unlimited power)

Gestalt therapy
In Gestalt therapy the concept of "introjection" is not identical with the psychoanalytical concept. Fritz and Laura Perls made
"assimilation", as opposed to "introjection", a focal theme in Gestalt therapy. In contrast to the psychoanalytic stance, in which the
"patient" introjects the (presumably more healthy) interpretations of the analyst, in Gestalt therapy the client must "taste" with
awareness his or her experience, and either accept or reject it, but not introject or "swallow whole". Hence, the emphasis is on avoiding
interpretation, and instead encouraging discovery. This is the key point in the divergence of Gestalt therapy from traditional
psychoanalysis: growth occurs through gradual assimilation of experience in a natural way, rather than by accepting the interpretations
of the analyst.