Projective identification is when a person project their negative emotions into someone else. However, I believe it can also be positive emotions as well. When a person is not happy with themselves, they tend to makes others unhappy by projecting on them. On the other hand, there are professionals that project positive emotions on to others. For example, as a therapist I found myself projecting hope unto my clients to minimize whatever it is that they are experiencing. The same thing can apply to parents or caregivers. A parent can either project negative or positive emotions onto their children depending on how they are feelings. My experience with projective identification happened recently with one of my clients. My client is a 31 years
