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Shadow
C. G. Jung described Shadow as the unconscious part of human personality the Ego doesn't want to recognise as part of himself, even of it's probably the most important part of ourself.
Shadow usually manifest herself at night, in dreams, and in behaviors called projections (I summarise what projection is in my first publication). Personally I often "feel" her when I have some imperceptible thoughts during my daily activities, and knowing myself better thanks to a psychologist is helping me to talk and understand my unconscious mind.
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What Is Shadow?
I like to call her Shadow like I call my friends with their names. It's part of every person in this world, even if a lot of people think they haven't a hidden, unconscious mind which rules their life until they come into contact with her to find out who they really are.
No I'm not crazy when I say that you have to talk with your Shadow, but mainly you have to hear without judging what she say. Our Ego, the conscious mind, work to hide a lot of thoughts, ideas, behaviors and other things that he doesn't like just because he have to mantein an ideal imagine of himself, of how other see us.
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Examples
Here are some thoughts I'm working with, which are also common in many people.
- traumas or very painful situations 😖
- behaviours you had in past time you don't want to remind 🫣
- behaviors you notice in others which annoy you (projections) 😒. They are simply reflections of YOUR personality that your Ego doesn't want to admit to be real.
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For a better life, first of all it's important to know ourrself and agree to be who you are, and make peace with parts of us we don't like recognising and understanding them (and eventually talking to your Shadow🗣️)
If you let your unconscious do the work for you, probably you will ruin a lot of relationships because of your wrong behaviors. That's an invitations to discover yourself, and yes also a judgement to make you understand that the simplest roads are not the best (in this case the simplest read is not to make an effort, listen and work on something you won't like).
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I've decided that I will publish soon something about dreams and their subjective interpretation, hopping this can help someone to find out something interesting 🤔.
Thanks for reading, let me know what do you think in comment, I would like to create a collaborative community to share opinions about certain topics.
M.👋🏻
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