What happens next is what psychologists call a projection. I’m going to refer to it simply as another instantaneous association that makes the reality of the situation from the boy’s perspective seem like the absolute, unquestionable truth. The boy’s body is now filled with negatively charged energy. At the same time, he is in sensory contact with the dog. Next, his mind associates whatever sensory information his eyes or ears perceive with the painful energy he’s experiencing inside himself, which makes it seem as if the source of his pain and fear is the dog he is seeing or hearing in that
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