Psychological
Embracing Your Shadow
When you bury a part of yourself, it doesn’t stay hidden—it waits. Every suppressed feeling, every denied trait becomes part of the shadow. Over time, the energy builds, finding ways to escape—in anger, insecurity, or even self-sabotage. Jung believed the shadow holds suppressed feelings that resurface when least expected. Repression only intensifies its influence.
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The thinker
Founder of Analytical Psychology
Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist who developed analytical psychology, introducing concepts like the shadow, archetypes, and the collective unconscious.
Based on Carl Jung: Shadow Work—Depth Psychology, summarised and reframed by Insights.
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