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We discuss the ideas and life of Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung (pronounced YOONG), and all things Jungian. We like to discuss symbols, myths, dreams, culture, alchemy, and Jung's unique contributions to psychology such as archetypes, personality types, dream analysis, the collective unconscious, and synchronicity. Welcome!

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Very strange dream

I just wanted to share the most bizarre dream I’ve ever had that I just woke up from. I was in an old house full of people at night. My coworkers and boss were there and we were serving all of the people (I work at a wine tasting room) as we worked in the house behind the bar a woman flirted with me and I spoke with an old woman who told me to sleep in either the basement or attic tonight. As the night progressed, all the people disappeared and I was alone in the dark and empty house. I chose to sleep in the basement. As I walked down the steps, I saw that the basement was unfinished. Only concrete and drywall, all with a single bed in the middle of one of the rooms and a disgusting bathroom. The whole basement was filled with flying bugs, crickets, various sorts of outdoor large bugs that could buzz around and fly. I tried to sleep in the bed but as the night progressed further I was swept in and out of consciousness and several things happened. First I saw bright flashes that awoke me, then I heard people sprinting around my room, then I heard banshee like screaming or screeching. I was very afraid. As the night went further, I got the sense that it was early morning, so I got out of bed, put my hood up, and started sprinting around the basement while screeching and occasionally staring intensely in the bathroom mirror to try to see the ghosts. Finally I went upstairs, still dark and empty, but the sky was that only blue you see in the early dawn. I sprinted outside screeching and looked back at the house and saw a figure in the window in a separate part of the house that I was in. As the sun rose, I walked calmly back into the house and people started appearing again. The first one I saw was a woman with no legs who walked on her hands. Then I saw the old woman and the woman who flirted with me the night before, finally my mom ( who died 7 years ago ). Suddenly, a row of intense lightning flashes struck the road in front of the house in quick succession. The glass shattered and the power went out. A black crow ran across the floor and jumped up, biting my finger, which I shook off. We all went outside as I told them about the ghosts in my room the night before. They doubted me. On the road was a group of young adults, a few of which were covered in plastic coverings with blood, assumingly injured or killed by the shattering glass from the lightning. I woke up

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2024/11/02
14:10 UTC

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I wonder if psychonanalysis isn’t actually as marginalized by the APA as I would have thought

I was curious to see what “the modalities” of psychotherapy are upon google search. I found the APA page that listed psychonanalysis as a form of therapy on the top of the page.

I wonder if this whole notion of it being marginalized by the APA is not actually true. Ive included the source for reference. I found this relieving.

https://www.apa.org/topics/psychotherapy/approaches

Jung

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2024/11/02
14:02 UTC

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DON'T Kill Your Ego - The Dark Side of Spirituality

Spirituality has a dark side that is seldom discussed and striving to kill your ego can be one the greatest mistakes of your life.

Today, I'd like to explore the hidden dangers of spiritual pursuits and update one of my best articles. It's based on my personal and professional experience.

Don't Kill Your Ego

I'd like to open by quoting Jung:

Many young people are fascinated by spiritual teachings and make their mission to pursue their ego-death. They devote all their spare time to reading and listening to people like Alan Watts and Eckhart Tolle.

They can’t get enough of it!

Eventually, many of them achieve the spiritual experiences they were after, but the results are nothing like the eternal bliss. It’s the exact opposite.

After you experience a brief moment of relief and “enlightenment”, you’re left with no motivation whatsoever to continue living your life.

Many are taken by a state of apathy, depression, anxiety, and extreme loneliness. In worst cases, there’s a psychotic outbreak. Now, they are plagued by weird visions and persecutory fantasies.

But why does this happen? Shouldn’t a spiritual pursuit elevate you to a state of happiness?

Well, the main problem is that when the ego-complex isn’t strong and developed enough, getting in touch with the unconscious has a disintegrating effect on the personality. In other words, you’re completely engulfed by the unconscious and become identified with it.

As I investigated this pattern and being a victim of it myself, I was led to the problem of the Puer Aeternus once again.

I realized this obsessive spiritual pursuit conceals a deep desire to escape from the responsibilities of real life and truly grow up. This can be amplified when it also becomes a coping mechanism to flee from a traumatic childhood, but this last part is a subject for another day.

Robert Bly jokingly refers to this condition as the flying boy or flying girl. Of course, there's nothing wrong with spiritual pursuits, nor with the guys I mentioned, the problem is a childish attitude toward the unconscious.

When you refuse life and its practical aspects, the unconscious turns dark and devouring. People acquire a false knowledge that lacks real experience, it's only an intellectual exercise, pure mental masturbation.

Interestingly, this enmeshment with the unconscious evokes a feeling that you know something special that others don't, but this also creates loneliness as this is based on infantile arrogance.

This also opens the door for psychic inflation and we we see all sorts of crazy stuff, like people thinking they are the next incarnation of Jesus.

Or a more common one, the people who believe they are like real shamans because they read one book while smoking joints and playing video games all day long. Let’s not forget their breaks to post nonsense on Reddit, lol.

Jokes aside, spirituality has a dark side that can completely ruin someone’s life.

The Ego Is Not The Enemy

So why should you care to strengthen your ego-complex?

First of all, a strong ego-complex is a requirement to overcome the mother and father complex and truly become an adult. This is an archetypal challenge and people who resist this process never develop their own identities and are doomed to live under the parental shadow.

I explore this process in-depth here - Conquer The Puer and Puella Aeternus.

Moreover, a strong ego-complex gives you solid roots in reality and acts as a counterpoint to the unconscious. The ego is what allows you to safely engage with the unconscious and maintain an objective perspective without being identified with it.

It gives you the ability to confront the unconscious material, elaborate it, and integrate it into your life. Without the ego, you’re bound to face the ruthless disintegrating facet of the unconscious.

Besides, having a strong ego-complex is what allows you to have self-confidence, motivation, and a sense of direction. The individuation process only occurs when the conscious mind directs the process.

The Self inspires but the ego has the mission to concretize it in real life, being at its service. That’s how life and spirit are balanced.

The Two Stages of Life

When discussing the notion of building a healthy ego, it’s important to make a distinction between the two stages of life. This idea is so central to Jung that he recommends entirely different treatments according to someone’s age.

Again, this obviously doesn’t mean that younger people shouldn’t have their spiritual pursuits, it simply means that it’s often linked with escaping from adult life. As long as you’re seeking to become independent, by all means, follow your interests and what inspires you.

I know that some of you might be thinking: Can’t I skip the first half of life and let go of my Ego now?

Well, that’s exactly the kind of question someone identified with the Puer or Puella Aeternus would ask. The short answer is no, you’ll be neurotic and dominated by the unconscious for the rest of your life, but I’ll elaborate on it further.

First of all, you can’t let go of something you never had but the process isn’t a “let go”, it’s a process of emergence. When you pair these opposing forces, a new and higher structure arises that is greater than the sum of its individual parts.

This is an idea that stems from systemic psychology that perfectly fits this process. It’s the alchemical notion of the 4 becoming 1. For this process to take place, you must have developed your ego-complex and psychological functions to their maximum.

The Transcendent Function:

The individuation process is based on the 4 psychological functions (Thinking, Feeling, Sensation, and Intuition), but exploring it would exceed the scope of this article. Luckily, you can learn about the psychological types in my free book PISTIS - Demystifying Jungian Psychology.

The second reason why you should care to build a strong ego-complex early on is to avoid having the worst mid-life crisis of all time.

In the past 3 years, I had incredible opportunities to analyze a few older men and women and I took one important lesson from it:

The feeling of regret is the heaviest one can bear.

You don’t want to live your life aimlessly and have your wake-up call when you’re in your 50s dealing with money and health problems, and partners and kids are involved.

Any fear you might be feeling now is nothing compared to the raw reality of having wasted your life and taking your talents for granted.

As I approach 32, this is a reminder to keep pushing and moving in the direction of my fears, as they often conceal our true mission.

The Vessel

Ok, so how can one strengthen their ego-complex?

I learned a metaphor during Active Imagination: We have to become like a vessel to contain the unconscious and allow the process of emergence to happen.

This “vessel” consists of two parts. First and foremost, we must strengthen the ego-complex by honoring our commitments to real life. Every time you hesitate, you allow the unconscious to devour you, that’s why it's strongly linked with the mother complex.

During his famous confrontation with the unconscious, Carl Jung saw several patients per week, was raising a family, and even worked for the Swiss army. He never neglected his commitments, that's why Jung never went psychotic and was able to integrate his experiences.

Second, it's important to learn how to decode the symbolic language of the unconscious. That's where Jungian Psychology (especially the notion of psychic reality), philosophy, and mythology are extremely helpful.

This will prevent you from interpreting the experiences with the unconscious literally and raise it to the symbolic level. That way, the conscious mind can safely and actively participate in the process.

Carl Jung explains this is one of the main functions of religion, to provide the conscious mind with a framework that protects it from the unconscious.

Lastly, the most important key to forming a healthy ego is something Jung calls moral confrontation. Without it, learning psychology and philosophy is just mental masturbation and a way of avoiding dealing with reality.

In other words, the only thing that truly matters is if you take the necessary actions to apply your knowledge. By developing these skills and committing to fully living life, you become a vessel in which the Self can manifest itself.

True spiritual and psychological development requires that you hold the paradox between life and spirit. A strong and healthy ego is what allows you to do so. The individuation process is about co-creating your unique sense of meaning in conjunction with your inner center – The Self.

It’s about allowing the Soul (personification of the unconscious) to guide you but at the same time consciously directing the process. It’s an art of balancing our inner and outer life.

Meaning is not static, it resides in being engaged in this process. Meaning is not found, but created.

PS: Don't forget to claim your free copy of my book PISTIS - Demystifying Jungian Psychology

Rafael Krüger - Jungian Therapist

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2024/11/02
12:35 UTC

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Trolls on this subreddit and others

Its not their genuine opinions. Whenever I join a new subreddit a bunch of accounts working together, created or directed by one person, all seem to converge and create conflict, even arguing with eachother deliberately to stir things up further. They even behave like a bizarre twisted character of who I was I was at the beginning of my spiritual journey combined with a misperception of who I am now. Its bizarre.

Gangstalking is not an unusual experience for those on a spiritual awakening journey, and I don't mind I've grown stronger through it, but other people and communities are getting hurt all while they try to get to me, stirring conflict, spreading rumours, sending black magic. They have a dark triad personality and they are possessed. It won't last long because karmics are getting their karma through divine justice on earth right now, and they are judged by the creator and they are done for.

Its been happening recently on  and  among other places I'm subscribed to.

But I'm not going to just, not be on reddit just because of them and their flying monkeys. So stay I will, and it will help you grow too I suppose. It won't last much longer, they'll be out of the picture soon. Divination has assured me many times recently. This time it's different. This time their bullshit won't fly. I'm sure of it.

You might notice that it all started when I came here. Theres two conclusions you could reach, either I'm the instigator, or its what I said. Either way, it fine, cause everything happens for a reason.

8 Comments
2024/11/02
11:01 UTC

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Can I even post memes here lol.

13 Comments
2024/11/02
10:22 UTC

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Active Imagination Experience Interpretation Help

Hi,

So I tried some active imagination the other day and I had this experience. I decided to make it into an animation to make it easier to visualise what I saw (this is my first animation). I would like some insight as to what it may mean. I'm fairly new to Jungian psychology (maybe around 2 years) so I would like to know what it may mean or symbolism I might be missing. The animation is probably around 85% accurate to how I saw things including colour, position and most detail.

Key Notes:

Staircase: I've seen this staircase when I was 6-10 and used to dream of it when I was younger. The building used to be much smaller in diameter whereas now it's so big I can fall through it easily. During the fall I wasn't worried at all since I've been here before.

Ocean: This was new. I've never seen or imagined this place before. I softly landed on the ocean and turned to see a small girl walking to a boy standing behind a wall of fog. It wasn't as dark in the experience, it's supposed to be more like steam. Once they boy and girl got close to the fog a sinkhole appeared and I fell through it. However, once the boy and girl were close I was standing in the fog wall with a 50-50 split. I couldn't animate this part because my PC was struggling.

Jester: After falling through I kept falling and looking around and didn't see anything until I turned to the left and saw a jester hovering in the air smiling until he saw that I saw him. He then looked angry or annoyed that I saw him. I then felt like I got zapped by one of those fake chewing gum toys and woke up. I'm not too sure about the Jester. Was this the trickster or the fool? I'm still on the fence because the Fool doesn't do anything malicious and I doubt it would be angry to have been seen. The anger on the face was something I wasn't able to animate.

I would love to know what you guys interpret from this dream.

P.S the sound may be too loud in some parts.

https://reddit.com/link/1ght6a5/video/r7dqqvbyogyd1/player

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2024/11/02
10:05 UTC

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I would like to reconsider my stance on the Jung-illiteracy on this subreddit. 

The sheer amount of material is daunting, to say the least. I found the accumulation of knowledge to be a clumsy approach. My primary function took me on quite a ride, if I may say so... but the holy grail lies through the inferior function.

If I could go back, I would read around Jung. I would read Robert A. Johnson, Joseph Campbell, Marie-Louise von Franz, Edward F. Edinger, James Hillman, James Hollis, Marion Woodman (especially if you're a woman), and Robert Bly (especially if you're a man). I would also give Alexander Lowen a chance.

Jung is, of course, an amazing figure—one of a kind—but his work is incredibly distilled and dense. He was an important figure in psychology, which commanded him to be as clinical in his writing as possible. He was always on the defensive, being a constant target of criticism. I would use his collected works mostly for reference, sticking instead with his books like Answer to Job, The Undiscovered Self, or Modern Man in Search of a Soul, at least in my first half of life.

You see, I become hesitant in feeding my primary function, my daemon, as it naturally distances me further from my inferior function. Anyway, this is what I found out for myself. Hope this helps somewhat.

3 Comments
2024/11/02
09:46 UTC

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Collective Conscious

I know this is nothing new, but…

What would it take to officially introduce Collective Conscious into Jungian psychology? A book to be written? Some kind of a vote😂?

I see this concept popping up everywhere and it is popping up in my head daily. I feel it is almost missing in the traditional Jungian thinking.

Isn’t our collective unconscious projecting archetypes into this sphere? Superheroes, viral memes, viral events, archetypal story telling… I think it is palpable, describable, self-contained and observable. What else would we call it other than Collective Conscious?

4 Comments
2024/11/02
08:20 UTC

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Eggo-Consciousness

22 Comments
2024/11/02
06:35 UTC

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Exploring Archetypes and the Hero’s Journey: A YouTube Channel Inspired by Jung’s Insights

Hi Jungians!

I’ve started a YouTube channel dedicated to exploring archetypes, mythology, and storytelling—all deeply inspired by Jung.

My goal is to reignite the search for meaning and bring Jung’s timeless concepts to a broader audience, especially through popular stories and entertainment.

I’m trying to show how these stories connect with our psyche and the collective unconscious, and how they help us navigate modern life.

If you’re interested in seeing Jung’s work discussed in a fresh way, I’d love for you to check it out and share your thoughts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc97UBI7vwg

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2024/11/02
03:20 UTC

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What is love and why am I a hopeless romantic?

I’ll make this short and sweet because I hate Reddit lmao.

It’s seems I’m desperate for love and I’m a bit of hopeless romantic based off of my last two relationships.

First relationship I put up with extreme verbal abuse for a year and dumped thousands on her because she was happy when I did and that made me happy. I cut it off after a year because it turned into a weird situation where she was threatening me if I didn’t buy her a car.

Second wasn’t really abusive and did ask to be spent on but I love dumped on her and spent thousands immediately upon dating. She broke up with me after about three months. Partially because I think I love dumped but also other reasons like her leaving to join the airforce in a month and she’s young and just turned twenty. Ignore the break up because I’m almost positive there is plenty more factors along with that.

Both I told I loved them after about a month. I know that’s a problem.

Now with all this; I know that I let myself get treated certain ways because I give myself a certain value and allow myself to be treated that way. I’m loving myself more and more everyday and don’t plan on that being a serious issue to that degree anymore and eventually never.

Some things about me. My parents are divorced it lasted 7 year from like 10-17. Both parents are loving, my father is extremely affectionate and my mother is more stoic but still loves me.

I read about emotional hunger, but I don’t want a psych2go video, I’m looking for more of a literature stand point and maybe a label I can give to my mental processes.

I think my father giving me a lot of affection and divorce plays a part.

I also feel like my love is real, but if it is why does it come so quick. So is it real at all.

I want stuff that I can read about what love is. Why I am the way that I am. And how I can fix my self.

It’s not letting me fix my typo. Second gf didn’t ask for money, but I know she knew I was making decent money

With this being said I don’t plan on doing this with my next relationship, but I wanna make sure

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2024/11/02
01:26 UTC

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Is there a term for the mix of a precognitive dream that later ties into a synchronicity?

For example; Say you keep seeing a specific word everywhere when you’re thinking of someone. Then one night you have a dream wherein you see a, fox, let’s say, that you declare is behind those synchronicities. Then, a few days after having that dream, you see that same word again ALONG with the persons’ name of who you associate that word with, and at the very same time a fox appears on scene.

Not only did you experience your repeating synch, now there’s another layer to it both in a new synch AND a level of precognition, and I’m curious as to whether or not there’s a word for this specific sort of experience, as I plan to make a video of my experiences and if there is one, it would be much needed. TYIA!

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2024/11/01
23:47 UTC

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I actually like this subreddit

I keep seeing posts dogging on the lack of “ intellectual purity” in this subreddit and it doesn’t make a load of sense. Jung isn’t a god figure, he put words to experiences and built a framework of logic that had attracted people whose experiences feel explained by the framework.

Yes there is a load of wishful thinking and mental illness but what else would a group of people trying to understand their minds be but a little crazy and a lot dumber than we think we are?

I like that a group of weirdos have come to sit around a perverbial campfire to talk about, ultimately, the structures of the human psyche.

Good luck on whatever journey you are on and may your attempts to understand yourself and others be a fruitful endeavour ❤️

13 Comments
2024/11/01
23:02 UTC

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Am I being crazy or is this some kind of message from my intuition

I'm currently searching for a new place, there was a really cool apartment that checked all the boxes, I got a message from the landlord to make an appointment, I was very happy but then just seconds later I got a bad taste in my mouth and found some blood.

I went to the bathroom and had a slight bleeding for about 30 minutes, now I know this sounds crazy but I remember Jung talking about unconscious connections, about your mind or body just knowing something is wrong, or I don't know this housing market is driving me insane, please tell me what you think

9 Comments
2024/11/01
22:35 UTC

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Archetypes and Psychotherapy

Hi everyone,

I've been researching and reading about archetypes for quite some time, and honestly, I don't see much practical application of this theory in psychotherapy. If anyone has more experience with how the idea of archetypes can be applied in individual and therapeutic work, I would love to hear about it.

13 Comments
2024/11/01
21:33 UTC

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Am I pure evil?

I (involuntarily) was doing shadow work. During which I had dreams and active imagination. I had the same dream 4 times. It was very dark like a sea of darkness, then as I was about to wake up I was told I have no good in me. Later I was in my backyard and All of sudden imagined myself trying to kill God. I feel like I'm only dark but I don't want to be. I've been under shadow possesion for 5 months now and I can't get out. It's not a good place to be.

28 Comments
2024/11/01
20:37 UTC

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why so many people are struggling with porn and masturbation and post such questions on here?

Did you notice that people are massively feeling the effects of pornography and masturbation on their lives and just couldn’t stop it. It just feels like they cannot find the right answers on why they cannot stop it and so they turn to Jung to find answers and to better understand themselves?

97 Comments
2024/11/01
20:34 UTC

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Irrationality in conscious persona and Shadow

Does anyone feel that Irrationality in life is underrated? Especially when it comes to meeting the unconscious. I’m not saying we should all become irrational in everything, but sometimes a little bit of irrationality in our conscious self goes a long way in discovering what’s lurking in our personal shadows. I’m not advocating this as a path towards self-destruction but you guys can get what I mean right?

6 Comments
2024/11/01
15:46 UTC

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The Collective Unconscious

Quite some years ago I had a psychedelic experience that impacted me greatly. I saw different versions of myself. Later on I saw a pillar of light and energy which I felt compelled to title “the grand unified unconsciousness.” A bit after this “trip,” I spoke with peers at university about what they think about my experience. Someone directed me towards Jung for his concept of collective unconscious.

Since then I bought a fun book called Man and His Symbols. I love all sorts of symbology from a wide variety of cultures and religions. So I enjoyed leafing through the book, but it’s a bit dense so I haven’t read it cover to cover yet. It’s definitely not the first book I pick up when I’m in the mood for reading.

With that context, my question is what books would you recommend for me to learn more about Jung in this way? What texts discuss the unified unconscious? And are there any books discussing this idea of multiple selves or shadow selves or something of the sort?

Thanks in advance!

10 Comments
2024/11/01
15:28 UTC

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Quick Survey on Psychological Types

Hello,

as someone really interested in Jung's psychological types, I'm making this quick survey to see any possible correlation of certain psychological types with increased interest in the works of Jung. From my experience i have observed that it depends on individual interests of each person but certain types seem overrepresented in the people i have met that know and like Jung's teachings. I'll discuss about it when the answers of the survey are all on in.

The survey refers to those that have at least a basic familiarity of psychological types as described by Jung. For example at least know vaguely what each type is about or know which type you feel you relate to more.

If you have any suggestions feel free to comment. I'll upload the results in a few days.

The survey takes 2 minutes and here is the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4CRwGLEnr5if6rcUS6DgsQAekGqlokeWLAQdWuV2OV-AOjg/viewform?usp=sf_link

Thank you for your time.

2 Comments
2024/11/01
15:07 UTC

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Is Objective Morality attained through the Individuation process?

I've become very taken with being a moral being for a while now. Looking in Carl Jung, I've been considering good and evil as order and chaos. I think that's similar to Jungian thought, where one needs the other. But I've looked up Jung's view on morality and he seems to advocate a kind of moral relativism. But I've also noticed him say that through the Individuation process, psychological wholeness, one who cease destructive behaviour and move towards an objective moral good.

I'm confused because of these opposing views. I'm not an expert and I've been going through his work in bits and pieces. Would love to understand what he thinks of morality?

29 Comments
2024/11/01
14:12 UTC

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Cheating partner in Dreams

I have so many dreams where my partner cheats on me. Usually it's in a really callous way, like he's flaunting this new woman or telling me I need to be okay with it even when I'm not. He doesn't care at all when I threaten to leave him for not honoring my wishes or disrespecting me.

I want to try to understand this more from a Jungian lens, because I often wonder if its representing a misalignment with my inner masculine, or it's an internal conflict with my animus (which I still don't fully understand, if I'm honest.) Any help would be appreciated.

Extra context: We've been monogamous for the nearly 5 years we've been together, but we have always said that one day we might try opening up the relationship, but only if both parties fully agree and there will be strict terms of conduct within that new relationship container, so I'm wondering if my dream maker is taking this premise and creating a situation where my partner does none of those things and deliberately disrespects me.

23 Comments
2024/11/01
13:46 UTC

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Question for women

But men can answer too . When in a relationship, have you ever had the impulse to release something very powerful unto the man? I'll try to explain as best as I can, which is difficult because I am dealing here with mostly a phantasm, and instinct or smth like that. Whenever I am in a relationship with a man for a while, I get this feeling impulse that can be translated to this : If I am to unleash this on this man, he would be annihilated and I would be liberated. This man will not be able to stand it, so I must refrain. As I could never release it, I don't know what it is. I have researched much into the devouring mother but it doesn't click. This instinct, power feels... destructive indeed but not wrong, it feels something like taking everything apart and rearrange it again. Yes something like that. What is this?? Are there any symbols that reminds you of this? There is this feeling that as long as I find the right symbol, I will have an answer. Any perspective is very welcomed.

70 Comments
2024/11/01
09:21 UTC

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feeling like a caveman

I’m new to Jung, but know it’s about integrating parts. I never was athletic or someone who was aggressive. As an adult, I always tried to be calm and understanding. Maybe I had trouble feeling emotions or anger until the past years uncovering a lot of issues with my relationship (or lacking) with my father. I only recently started thinking about how much more I needed from him.

I tried to just not get overly emotional today about that stuff, going to bed. Then felt the urge to just yell out, which I did. I started lifting weights to just burn off the energy. It feels very stupid and uncreative, but better to accept. I feel like a caveman.

My father was a very timid person. Am I just unlocking a part of myself that needs to be integrated?

3 Comments
2024/11/01
04:32 UTC

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Did Jung write about the three fates or Moirai sisters?

"You are wrong if you think that Fortune has changed towards you. Change is her normal behavior” is a quote from The Consolation of Philosophy by Anicius Manlius Boethius. In the book, Philosophy visits Boethius after he loses his position as a Roman envoy. Philosophy tells Boethius that Fortune's ever-shifting ways are her nature, and that the wise person ignores her and prefers eternal truths."

I was just wondering because I found this quote from Boethius. It suggests that the wise ignore Fortune, and prefer eternal truths. Why do they ignore fortune and is she tied to the three fates or a different mythological conception? Did Jung ever write about the Three Fates in his work?

The quote has also been translated as "you are wrong if you think fortune has changed towards you, inconstancy is my very essence."

12 Comments
2024/11/01
03:54 UTC

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What would be the opposite self to my inner child?

I mean I know that is a personal question that only I could find answer to. But even though I have identified my inner child as this innocent fun loving , friendly kid who is wounded in some ways I couldnt " finalize" the oppositional forces that are against it. Can someone help me figure out this anti- child part of me? I want to know its role, gender, personality, age etc. I do have peter pan syndrome a bit I think if that helps.

40 Comments
2024/11/01
03:53 UTC

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Wild Syncronicity Today

I participated in a game of Jeopardy on Zoom as part of an interview day at my school’s program. I am a student, and we play a game of Jeopardy with the interviewees as part of their day. One of the questions included lyrics from the song Every Breath You Take by The Police. I guessed Every Step You Take by Sting. It was a sore point for me, and I was thinking about it on the golf course later that afternoon. After coming home, one of the top posts on my feed on Twitter was from a psychiatrist talking about songs that perfectly resemble paranoia. One of the songs mentioned was Every Breath You Take by The Police. I googled the song to see if Sting at least wrote it, and I went to the Wikipedia page for the song. Turns out, it was on the album Synchronicity.

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2024/11/01
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How many of you did a Psyd/ PhD? Did you regret it?

I know this is not a jungian term but this is the best sub I could find to ask this sort of question. It’s intellectual, it’s psychology but it’s not rigid and narrow minded so please bear with me.

I am considering doing a psyd/ phd but I feel like the vibrations are low at a lot of these institutions and learning a lot of things that you will disregard afterwards like cbt or other things that may not suit you.

In essence what you are really learn is about the way of the western system and how it perceives mental health, you will become good at reading and understanding statistics and EBR (evidence based research) and you will learn a lot of what it takes to be a professional on the field.

I’m at the point where I think ERB shouldn’t be disregarded and I think understanding the DSM is actually really important. It just feels dead though. That is the vibe I get. All the phd students I come across are either super nervous or egocentric people that often times have sharper edges. This obviously depends on the person but from what I’m noticing.

I’m thinking of doing a masters in clinical psych instead. I think EBR is really important because I think just following your feet can have a lot of downsides. I also want to understand the way the system works and the dsm. I also liked the idea of competence that one achieves through the rigor of the program.

Clearly there’s a certain personality type that gravitates to this sub. It’s not just the psychology it’s the depth that we appreciate whereas a lot of the world doesn’t or is afraid of.

I feel like a lot of you have been trying to chew on this question for a while. Please share your thoughts or experiences.

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2024/11/01
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How the Fire of an Engaged Life Will Transform Your Identity - A Jungian Perspective

Wrote an article on Jung for anyone interested in reading - https://liamjames96.substack.com/p/engaged-life-leads-to-transformation

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2024/10/31
22:55 UTC

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