ABSTRACT
Individuals are susceptible to many different situations that may trigger their negative introjects. Some people may find that a group setting is particularly disturbing to them. The one man made himself the leader of the group because he was the most organized and the one with the most available free time to e-mail lists and questions for them to contemplate for the next week. Libby felt excluded, insulted, paranoid, and hurt many times during and after their meetings. The group’s exclusion of Libby during discussions triggered her negative introject. She had felt the same inadequacy when trying to survive in her family group. Grapevine sabotaging is a way for a group to express anger and aggression, and a group negative introject. Hearing or distributing information through the casual, unofficial network known as the “grapevine” is a common practice in most workplaces.
