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tiny
@tinyrainboot
i wanted to say thank you to everyone who chimed in; i didn’t expect this many responses. recently a friend sent me the book “existential kink,” so i tried to approach this situation from that angle. essentially, the author reworks some of jung and freud’s theories on our unconscious desires and mushes it together with the idea that the Self is here to experience all aspects of life, both the pleasurable and lovely and the horrific and painful. and that our actions shape the kinds of experiences we have. she says that to bring these shadows to life (those ugly patterns that we claim to hate) we must give them space first. we should be open to the idea that we get some twisted satisfaction out of situations of our own suffering. only by giving them light and accepting those parts of ourselves, can we take life more lightly and begin to let go of toxic shame. continued …
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tiny
@tinyrainboot
so maybe on some level i love how being triggered by this thing feels. and i keep letting it happen because it lets me experience those feelings. maybe because feelings of anxiety have always been with me, they somehow feel safe, like i know how to navigate them. or perhaps i love a chance to express the anger that bubbles within me, if it gives me an excuse. if i can examine those societally unacceptable feelings and accept myself for them, perhaps i can heal from this pattern and not let it keep getting me
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SP
@simonapop
Great book!
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Father Morwen
@alditrus
Love Jungian psychology, stumbled upon his stuff back in college and it helped reshape my perspective of who I am. Been thinking of getting back into shadow work again to explore those blockages in my life. Also came across this guy who has a pretty cool method to shadow work: https://youtu.be/Zm5ehE-mSHQ?feature=shared
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James Finnerty
@jamesfinnerty
Side note: I’m coming out of a dark phase of my life rn. When I entered it a little over a year ago, I decided to embrace it. I gave myself permission to feel bad, and didn’t try to force my way out of it. After carrying it along for quite a while (and having some good friends and a therapist to talk about it with) I can honestly say that the thing that triggered me at first now takes up way less space in my mind. Oh, and music also helped a lot. 🫶🏻🎶
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James Finnerty
@jamesfinnerty
Didn’t get a chance to reply to your other thread, but yeah I can relate to the idea of sitting with the discomfort of being triggered, and making space for the not so nice feelings that go along with it. We need to feel the full spectrum of emotions, and know that it’s also okay when things get dark and ugly. It reminds me of a song a friend of mine wrote called ‘No Way Out but Through’ - the way I interpret this is that you have to face the suffering, the pain, the fears… and carry it along for a while. We move through it, and in that process understand it (and ourselves) better. We can get to the root cause of what makes us feel that way, which I believe diminishes the power of the thing that triggers us. The idea is that there will eventually be less suffering as we patiently continue to pass through it, and be gentle to yourself in the process.
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Chloe `✦ˑ ִֶ 𓂃⊹
@chloee
love this book. resonated with all of it
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