This was a well-written and engaging post, kudos Zahra! As someone who has been trying to learn more about Jungian psychology, I appreciated the Jung quote about the unconscious. Language made manifest as physical speech really is the manner by which the unconscious can be brought to the fore and given life, and it can also help us connect to each other on a fundamental level. It also helps relieve the pressure and burden of previous wrongs and insults done to us, by allowing us to give voice to that which we hide to avoid shame and judgment
I enjoyed this and your work in general, Zahra - thank you. Could I also add that in my experience, just as words and language help us connect with others, they also help us separate ourselves from the trauma - whether it be shame, pain, grief, confusion, anything - that we've stored inside us. While it is internalised, hidden, we are inclined to believe that it is an inextricable part of who we are, it defines us; we are 'it', whatever 'it' is. Once articulated, however, it becomes a separate entity, a 'thing' we can stand away from and not only examine with a degree of newly gained objectivity, but also accept that it is not who we are, but something that has attached itself to us and has affected us deeply. I think that recognition gives us power in knowing ourselves, and brings us closer to self-mastery, which is a running theme in your writing (which I agree with and love).
This was a well-written and engaging post, kudos Zahra! As someone who has been trying to learn more about Jungian psychology, I appreciated the Jung quote about the unconscious. Language made manifest as physical speech really is the manner by which the unconscious can be brought to the fore and given life, and it can also help us connect to each other on a fundamental level. It also helps relieve the pressure and burden of previous wrongs and insults done to us, by allowing us to give voice to that which we hide to avoid shame and judgment
Thank you Aamir and I couldn’t agree more!
Great piece. Thanks.
Glad it resonated 🙏🏻
I enjoyed this and your work in general, Zahra - thank you. Could I also add that in my experience, just as words and language help us connect with others, they also help us separate ourselves from the trauma - whether it be shame, pain, grief, confusion, anything - that we've stored inside us. While it is internalised, hidden, we are inclined to believe that it is an inextricable part of who we are, it defines us; we are 'it', whatever 'it' is. Once articulated, however, it becomes a separate entity, a 'thing' we can stand away from and not only examine with a degree of newly gained objectivity, but also accept that it is not who we are, but something that has attached itself to us and has affected us deeply. I think that recognition gives us power in knowing ourselves, and brings us closer to self-mastery, which is a running theme in your writing (which I agree with and love).