Category: Carl Jung

Hello everyone! October 2019 is over, which means that it’s time for the next Q&A. As most of you know, there’s a Patreon edition and a public edition. In this public edition, I’ll talk about the effect of the Internet in regards to the shadow, which is a concept in Jungian psychology. Now, I’ve received […]

Conscious and unconscious do not make a whole when one of them is suppressed and injured by the other. If they must contend, let it at least be a fair fight with equal rights on both sides. Both are aspects of life. Carl Gustav Jung, CW IX, The Archetypes And The Collective Unconscious, p 522. […]

Negative thinking can really impede one’s ability to lead a fulfilling life. When everything is wrong with the world and nothing is worth pursuing; what’s the point in life, really?  Even though a positive mindset is generally more preferable than a negative one, there’s also a dark side to the whole ‘positivity culture’ we see […]

I want to dedicate this public Q&A to a question I got from Zugzwang Zwischenzug1 in the comment section: What are some examples of this “shadow”? Zugzwang Now, I think that there’s a lot to say about this because the shadow can manifest itself in many ways. I should also add that not everything that […]

When I look at the people around me, especially on social media, and also when I look at my own life and the way I’ve presented myself to the world so far, it seems like in current society we are excessively concerned with our self-image.  But, even though we might think we’ve figured ourselves out, […]