The Hidden Self— What Carl Jung Can Teach You About Yourself
A closer relationship with your hidden self is how you move closer to a state of wholeness.
I’ve always wondered how my unconscious self manifests in my conscious life. Am I the voice in my head? Is my shadow self manifesting in ways I can’t control?
How much control do I really have over my rational and emotional choices? Why do people act a certain way around different people?
I have a lot of questions.
Carl Jung, a pioneer in the world of psychology, spent his life trying to crack these very questions.
Neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, thought psychology was all about repressed childhood desires.
Jung, a one-time protégé of Freud, disagreed.
He observed that the human psyche is not just about our childhood or past but also our deep unconscious self.
Jung didn’t just theorise; he experimented.
He looked for answers in dreams, mythology, and even religious experiences, looking for patterns across cultures and time.
It blew Freud’s mind (literally, the two had a nasty public falling out). But Jung’s broader view of the psyche…
