![]() ![]() Jung believed the shadow holds repressed thoughts and feelings, Caraballo notes-not all of which are necessarily "bad": "Jung believed that positive traits could be held in the shadow if those parts of ourselves were invalidated or minimized by others, leading us to repress those parts of ourselves. ![]() It was famed psychoanalyst Carl Jung who popularized the idea of the shadow self, licensed therapist and co-founder of Viva Wellness Jor-El Caraballo, LMHC, tells mbg. Join Ellie as she dives deep into the process of self-discovery and learn how to navigate discomfort with grace and resilience. "Instead of embracing their shadow self experiencing anger or frustration at times toward her child or a situation in her life impacting her as a mom, she ignores or denies or thinks she's less than because she's having the feeling or thought or experience," Nicogossian explains. There's a reason the shadow is often ignored or denied: These qualities don't fit in with our conceptions of ourselves.įor example, she says, consider someone who has a core belief that feeling resentment in motherhood correlates with being ungrateful or a bad mom. As licensed clinical psychologist Claire Nicogossian, Psy.D., explains to mbg, you often don't want to acknowledge, identify, or embrace these things. Jung believed that people have a shadow self to contrast their light side, or the side they present to the public. The shadow self refers to parts of yourself-whether personality traits, emotions, thoughts-that are difficult to accept. ![]()
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