What is your opinion on Carl Jung? Are his theories and archetypes useful in the modern world?
His concepts will not suit everyone - especially that of “The Individuation Process” and “The Collective Unconscious” (I have direct experience of the latter from having personal experience of Mediumship).If you are still concerned with making a material living rather than Personal Development he is not for you. In effect, this was the main cause of the split between Jung and Freud. They did not seem to realise that they were dealing with DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE.As he states, “The first half of life” is becoming established in a material world -basically becoming Self Supporting away from parental controls. It is notable that after age 30 the human body starts to deteriorate - as is evidenced by athletes inability to compete with those younger, and women coming to menopause. Our ancient ancestors, who lived a basically physical life did not live much beyond 30 years of age.“The second part of life” is concerned with spiritual Self Development - which can be a lone path. This was the secret of the ancient Alchemists. Very few people take this path, and just keep repeating the Biological cycles - such as my friend who married 4 times and was still unhappy because the relationship stopped him doing things he wanted. We can see this as a common scenario.I have PERSONAL EXPERIENCE of a Mid Life Crisis in my 30s, and therefore regard Carl Jung’s concepts as the highest. This was brought about by developing a stomach ulcer that had nothing to do with what I ate. It was psycho-somatic. Solving its problems means that I have not had to visit a doctor for 40 years. In effect, this forced me change direction in life.Interestingly, the influence began within 2 weeks of my wife and I moved into our own home for the first time. A goal we had been working at together for 12 years of marriage - having started out with nothing. I was 34 at the time.MORE INFORMATIONBrian Baulsom's answer to What are some of Carl Jung's most important contributions to psychiatry?Brian Baulsom's answer to From a Jungian perspective, what was your experience like when you witnessed your shadow?
What terrifies you most about human psychology, including mental illness?
There is an answer here that starts “How little is known.”I completely agree. I am 62 and have taken most of the medication for mental illness today. I was given a list last year and managed to tick off almost everything that was on it for bipolar disorder and depression.I tried Geodon twice, it makes my restless legs syndrome worse, plus I am not schizophrenic. Please don’t give me off-label stuff. They tried Adderall on me off-label for a very depressed state I was in, and I ended up back in the hospital. Another doctor wanted me to go on Gabapentin. My primary care took me off that because it would not go with my blood pressure medication, and what use is it in bipolar disorder anyway? If this paragraph sounds confused this is exactly how I felt once I went through the wringer last year trying so many medications.I have taken lithium, Tegretol, Lamotrigine and now Depakote for mood stabilisers. What’s left isn’t much……………………….Mood stabilizers, especially lithium, valproic acid, and carbamazepine, may provide relief from acute episodes of mania or depression and can help prevent them from recurring.Mood-stabilizers for Bipolar: Uses and Side Effects - WebMDhttps://www.webmd.com/bipolar-di......………………………….It seems they are using us for guinea pigs sometimes. I know it’s a shot in the dark. I can’t complain all the way because I have had periods in which a medication has really worked for me, and for quite a while. It’s just after it quits working, then back I am on the merry- go- round again, looking for the “magic pill.”And it gets OLD. No wonder some people give up after trying different medications, then different combinations of medications as well as therapy. You just don’t know what you will get when you take that first pill, what it will do for, or against you. But I take them anyway.I take them and I try and have faith in my doctors that someday I will be stable enough to take on long term commitments like lose all this weight I gained back, perhaps do some volunteer work, or join a gym, do some craft work, and be able to STICK with it.It terrifies me that there are so many out there just like me and worse off, and there is no tried and true medication to stop mental illness in its tracks without all this “let’s try this, let’s try that” shots in the dark.
Why can't a psychologist tell you to leave a relationship that is not for you ?
This would make them 'liable' for your actions etc. Your decisions have to come from you, even if it comes to you making a mistake, Your choice ~ your actions ~ your mistakes. What would happen if you were to follow 'advice give' and the result was not to your liking, and you wanted to blame someone! Who would that someone be! What you blithely describe as an 'immature attitude', you provide no evidence for. Often it is the 'immature' attitudes of clients that those in the Psy / Counselling professions need protection from ~ because through the process itself, that immaturity can often evapourate through an understanding of their own behaviours. Some might call it 'growing-up' while others might refer to it as 'personal development' or 'maturing'. It is unethical for anyone in that role to 'spread out sessions in the way you mean, in order to keep you coming back so that they can make money from you. And, in many cases, they have to keep some form of case notes that they can use to demonstrate this, should they be challenged over it. It is NOT their role to stop you from making mistakes. They might instead provide you with a list of alternatives ~ or more likely, help you draw up a list of your own. My suspicion is that you are looking for something of a scapegoat for various things, and you are trying hard. Well I suggest that you STOP IT, accept your decisions as yours and that they were maybe mistakes ~ and that you are a human being with all the foibles and attributes, and take the next step or two in living your life. Good luck. Sash.
Why don't we move on to more sensible theories, since Charles Darwin's Origin of Species theory has so many holes shot into it by creationists and others?
THE INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN EVOLUTION AND CREATIONISMAccording to creationism, God created the world, in a top-to-bottom process, the “creationist” action. In that case the world should be perfect. As the world is not perfect, creationism requires that all that is wrong and sick be the guilt of Man, hence the concept of the “Fall of Man”. The sins of Man brought evil, disasters, wars, natural catastrophes, sickness, etc. For this to work, it becomes necessary to believe that Man’s attitudes made Nature deformities and disasters. But we no longer believe, as the ancients did, that humankind actions create earthquakes, droughts, tsunamis, volcanic explosions, diseases. Note that evolution is, on the contrary, a “bottom-to-top” process, where random processes, through a long time duration, increases complexity, with conflicting results. A complex universe, but not necessarily a “good” universe.Can we accept that earth’s unstable characteristics are due to the “Fall of Man” that made us live in the “Cursed Earth”? This is necessary to produce a coherent link between an omniscient, all merciful, omnipotent God and the real world we live in. Otherwise we will have to consider that said God does not exist. Few people realize that the real burden of monotheism is acknowledging that we are made responsible for all the Evil among us! We are the equivalent of an Evil God!That takes care of the monotheistic God. How about dualistic systems (one good God, one Bad God)? Then the answer would be different: the good god is battling the bad god, and we are in the middle of a cosmic battle, with the bad god holding temporarily power over Earth. In that case we not guilty of anything, except BAD LUCK.So the “creationist” approach to creation, with its nice, only, perfectly good Creator, induces a cognitive dissonance, because our dysfunctional world does not match its creator attributes. The dark side of creationism is that it is totally dependent on the concept of the “Fall of Man”, resulting in us living in a “Cursed Earth”. We must remember that this concept is built on the belief that sin does not only affect our minds, but damages the physical and natural world also. I think that many people who defend creationism are not fully aware of that.
Atheists, I seriously need your help. I need your opinions. Thank you.?
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Atheists, I seriously need your help. I need your opinions. Thank you.?
i think of you're on the main staggering song yet focusing too plenty on the paintings/purchase/eat/die area of existence. definite, going to paintings and paying your charges is a factor of existence; no getting around that except you have a have confidence fund or maybe that isn't be as perfect because it seems from the outdoors. those products of paper that seem meaningless on the floor fairly help individuals coordinate their strikes (for the main area; waste is a factor of any gadget which contains human businesses) to the effect that standards of residing have risen astronomically over the years. attempt working a farm, production facility, wellbeing midsection, or the different operation that serves the desires of humanity devoid of protecting song of a team of numbers on products of paper and you will understand that they are significant and mandatory at some degree of the technique. yet all this self-discipline continues to be a soreness in the ***, and anybody who will attempt to tell you existence is all rainbows and cupcakes is the two deluded or attempting to sell you some thing. thankfully there is likewise time to get out from under all of it, have relaxing, and commune with nature or notwithstanding floats your boat. notwithstanding on the top of the day, that's finally pointless. that's no longer a pessimistic assertion because of the fact for some thing to have a element, it is going to correspond with some thing extra desirable than itself. And existence is the pointless element to which all different issues, er... element. think of approximately dance, song, paintings, or the rest that's appealing approximately humanity. what's the element of a waltz? Does it get something carried out? that is such an inefficient thank you to circulate with regard to the room. yet for a lot of human beings that's a source of excitement. existence is very similar to that, basically extra so.
FYI! Chicken crosses road. Just for some fun tonight...?
There is no question to be answered. why don't you ask question so there will be an answer. what you did is to tell us a story. a story about nonsense.
What are Dr. Jordan Peterson's religious beliefs?
I don’t know. I recently talked with about 10 people, all with different backgrounds, about this exact topic. I butted in line at a JP talk and queried Christians about why they were attending and what they hoped to gain from listening. I received answers that ranged from “he’s mostly a philosopher who studies lots of religions but isn’t really religious himself,” to “he’s a staunch defender of Christianity and wow, he’ll blow your mind with his in-depth knowledge of the Bible.” Of course, we can’t ever know wether what he professes to believe is an accurate representation or his true beliefs, but we have no reason not to take him at his word. And his word is wishy washy and cannot be pinned down. I had two people standing in line, side-by-side, who described him as almost polar opposite people and claimed their evidence based upon the exact same sources. Seeing how every single person in the line-up, that I spoke with, was a dedicated Christian, I get the impression that JP is either evidently Christian or wants people to believe he is. “We” were in the Chan Centre at UBC, in Vancouver and were attending a conference right down the hall, an atheist love fest with Matt Dillahunty, Tracie Harris and Sarah Haider who are all very clear about their religious beliefs. After the event was planned, a Christian group immediately asked JP to provide a counter argument based upon the truth of Christianity. We joked that Matt should just change rooms and show how silly and obfuscating JP’s claims are. But we wouldn’t be that crass. Obviously everyone there believed JP is a die-hard Christian, which he often labels himself despite subsequent denial. When one is unwilling or hesitant to share facts that lead to a personal belief, you have to question his motives.
Have you heard a story of couple who were divorced for long and decided to live together again?
Yes, many such stories ….in fact there are many movies too. Even in the Indian context.Personally I have also been through a similar situation :) so yes, it can happen.What is important is what is the secret bond - a very good sex life & amazing chemistry in bed could also be something to live for !. But though the sex could be amazing everything else could be damaging !For others many - there might be genuine feelings of emotional bonding or probably a longing or some set thought of a desired outcome which only has being together as an option.Different cultures, different personalities and unique set of emotions in each story - makes it content for a big book by itself !