Projecting, according to the Merriam Webster
online dictionary, verb uses, definition 8:
8 : to attribute (one's own ideas, feelings, or characteristics)
to other people or to objects
I do this all the time, probably to my detriment. I project my situations and experiences onto other people all the time. I assume everyone is smarter, faster, more clever, prettier, and everything-else-er than I am.
I also tend to
cross the net more than I should.