PHILOSOPHY: Why are so Many People Neurotic? - Carl Jung as Therapist

As usual, a wonderful video from the Academy of Ideas channel, on the epidemic of neuroses that we are seeing here in the modern day.

"A neurosis is a psychological disorder defined by persistent and deep levels of anxiety and an overall fear of life. In addition to these cardinal symptoms, a neurotic illness may also include depression, guilt, phobias, obsessions and compulsions, excessive worry and rumination, insomnia, irritability, or anger. Carl Jung suggested that the neurotic’s fear of life was a result of “a disturbed or diminished process of adaptation” (Collected Works Volume 18) and “a morbid development of the whole of a personality” (Collected Works Volume 10). A neurotic, in other words, is an individual who fails to adapt to the demands of life, whose personality is stunted as a result, and whose existence, therefore, becomes a continual struggle with little, to no reprieve."

Date posted to YouTube: January 31, 2023
Length: 12 minutes, 44 seconds

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PSYCH: Nietzsche and Jung: Myth and the Age of the Hero

Why myth is so very crucial to human development and fulfillment, and how those without myth end up idolizing the state.  A darn good video from the Academy of Ideas, as always. 

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Carl Jung and the Shadow: Integrating the Hidden Power of Your Dark Side

"The shadow, when it is realized, is the source of renewal...When there is an impasse, and sterile time in our lives—despite an adequate ego development—we must look to the dark, hitherto unacceptable side which has been at our conscious disposal." (Edward Whitmont)