The Shadow Effect

The unconscious isn’t about me. It’s about us. When a person has unconscious impulses and drives, they come from the entire history of humankind. Each of us, according to Jung, is linked to a “collective unconscious,” as he called it. The notion that you and I created our separate, isolated selves is an illusion. We tapped into the vast reservoir of all human aspirations, drives, and myths. This shared unconscious is also where the shadow lives.

Because we don’t know how we created the self that we cling to so desperately, the self can surprise and amaze us.

After any major trauma to body or mind, it takes time for the fragile ego-personality to recover