Introjection and the Aliens Within

Sometimes it seems that a feeling or attitude which we have is in some way alien to us. For example, one may disapprove of oneself having uncomfortable feelings about people of a particular class or group. We may say things like ‘T can’t help having these feelings about X, but they are not feelings I'want to have’. Or, ‘I can’t help getting upset about this, but I don’t want to be that sort of person.”