Miasha looks around her apartment and sees her clothes scattered about, her lunch dishes sitting in the sink, and her bed unmade.When her roommates complain about her lack of cleanliness, she calls them all slobs and leaves quite angry.Miasha is using the defense mechanism of

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Miasha is projecting her own feelings of guilt for being messy onto her roommates by calling them slobs. Projection is a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously projects their own negative traits, feelings, or impulses onto another person or group, making it easier to cope with these feelings.

Miasha Looks Around Her Apartment and Sees Her Clothes Scattered