The author describes two possible destinies for excessive projective identification. In one case, the outcome is loss of the original self and immersion in a regressive state of psychotic fantasies; in the other, the ultimate result is the elaboration of the schizoparanoid and depressive positions and the reintegration of the projected parts of the self. The author illustrates the first destiny with the movie Being John Malkovich, directed by Spike Jonze, where the main character Craig finds a portal that allows access to the actor's mind. The second destiny for excessive projective identification is illustrated with the novel entitled If I were you, which was used by Klein in On identification, written in 1955, and with her analysis of the deal the main character (Fabian) has made with the devil, which allows him to invade other people's bodies and minds.
Excessive projective identification; envy; splitting; projection; reintegration of self parts