The Neuroscience of Projecting

Melbourne bean: I was seeing someone and it felt like there were endless different ways in which he projected his feelings onto me. He insisted that you're anxious when you're not anxiety, insisting that you're feeling a certain way when you aren't. And then when you are questioning it, when you're negating it or denying it, they then accuse you of something else. What the fuck is this? Is it gaslighting and projecting combined? She'd love to know your thoughts and how to deal with projecting because it's frustrating and difficult to pull someone up on it.