Some of our common 'demons' are:<ul><li>Procrastination</li><li>Laziness</li><li>Self-loathing</li><li>Comparing yourself with your peers, leading to envy</li><li>Loser mentality.</li></ul>

Our common negative parts

Having demons or internal insecurities is not something exclusive, but is, in fact, a common reality among human beings. Everyone faces their demons, and it helps us to understand and learn about ourselves.

Internal insecurities

Our inner Demons, or inner voices, make us do irrational, stupid and selfish things, based out of fear.We hide and distract ourselves from our inner voice, which is nothing but our fear and insecurities, talking to us.

Our inner 'demons'

Our inner demons lead us to negatively judge ourselves, further leading to avoiding that judgment, and eventually starting the internal self-destruction, if the negative downward spiral is left unchecked.

The downward spiral

You can befriend your demons, by facing them and objectively understanding the insecurity.You will get insights about your demon and will begin to realize your various traits and the side effects it produces.

Befriend your insecurities

If you choose to value something in your life, you are also choosing the other side of the coin, which is the failure of that value, automatically.No one can just choose to take the good while not taking the bad.

The other side of the coin

Carl Jung defined shadow as all of the parts of ourselves that we despise or loathe and therefore hide and avoid. It is impossible to run away or lose your shadow because ultimately, your shadow is a representation of you. No shadow can exist without a source of light. To rid yourself of your shadow would require you to rid yourself of the light in your life and thus, live in utter darkness. But denying our shadows and everything they contain is a source of a great deal of human suffering.

The shadow metaphor

As a result, I spent most of my twenties being a terribly unreliable (and often selfish) person. I was the guy who said he couldn't wait to see you and then never showed up. I was the guy who went on three spectacular dates with a woman and then strangely found an endless litany of excuses to not go on a fourth.

The downward spiral

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