Carl Jung and the Shadow (Jack E. Othon)
(...) Have you ever said or done something really shitty, mostly on an impulse, that you later regretted? After the damage was done and the other person involved was hurt, you couldn’t bury your shame fast enough. “Why did I say that?” you might have asked yourself in frustration. It’s that “Why?” question that indicates the presence of a blind spot. And though the reason for your reaction may have been obvious (perhaps even “justified”), the lack of control you had over yourself betrays the existence of a different person lurking beneath your carefully constructed idea of who you are. If this person is coming into focus for you, congratulations—you’ve just met your shadow self. (...)
The “shadow” is a concept first coined by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung that describes those aspects of the personality that we choose to reject and repress. For one reason or another, we all have parts of ourselves that we don’t like—or that we think society won’t like—so we push those parts down into our unconscious psyches. It is this collection of repressed aspects of our identity that Jung referred to as our shadow. (...) However, the problem is that you’re not necessarily aware of those parts of your personality that you reject. According to Jung’s theory, we distance ourselves psychologically from those behaviors, emotions, and thoughts that we find dangerous. Rather than confront something that we don’t like, our mind pretends it does not exist. Aggressive impulses, taboo mental images, shameful experiences, immoral urges, fears, irrational wishes, unacceptable sexual desires—these are a few examples of shadow aspects, things people contain but do not admit to themselves that they contain. Here are a few examples of common shadow behaviors:
1. A tendency to harshly judge others,
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1- Lou Andreas Salome
First she born in Petersburg an she is Russian She born at 12 february 1861 Her father was an general but he never force to her. She went to Germany for her education. Her education is focusing on philosophy, theology and art. I think in this years just a bit women Have theology education. But she did it and this is the first reason i love her. She is uniqe, clever, likes reading and… Then her mother send her to Rome. In Rome she meet with her friend Paul Ree he proposed her but she refuse it. Then Nietasche propose her too, Yes the famous philosaphyst Nietache!, but she refuse it too Some people say she is the reason of Nietzche’s hate to womens . And finally she meet with Rilke with her life’s love. But she married with Friedrich Andreas. According to something i read; He say He will kill himself if Lou refuse his propose. How selfish behavior! After that she have to marry with him. But her relationship with Rilke continued for few years. Her husband know it but he don’t say anything because they are not like real wife-husband. They only married formally. When she's 50 years old she interested in psychology and she met with Freud. They correspond 25 years. She's first women psychoanalyst in the world she did her job when she's 74. She has get some heart problems and she's dead when she's 75 years ald in Germany. 5 february 1937
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Lou Andreas-Salomé
Lou Andreas-Salomé