ABSTRACT
One of the most remarkable, and I believe the most enigmatic qualities of the phenomenology of projective identification is the distortions, at times quite puzzling, of the qualities of thinking. Each of the three worlds the internal mother is very concretely experienced to be divided into consequent to projection seems to generate quite distinct distortions of the qualities of thinking. This chapter focuses on this phenomenon. The strength that omnipotence may at times reach, particularly bolstered by a deeply rooted sense of triumph, may at times try the analyst beyond his best abilities.
