The Duality of the Mind: Eating Disorders & the Shadow Self

The Duality of the Mind: Eating Disorders & the Shadow Self

“Be silent and listen: have you recognized your madness and do you admit it? Have you noticed that all your foundations are completely mired in madness? Do you not want to recognize your madness and welcome it in a friendly manner? You wanted to accept everything. So accept madness too. Let the light of your madness shine, and it will suddenly dawn on you. Madness is not to be despised and not to be feared, but instead you should give it life…If you want to find paths, you should also not spurn madness, since it makes up such a great part of your nature…Be glad that you can recognize it, for you will thus avoid becoming its victim. Madness is a special form of the spirit and clings to all teachings and philosophies, but even more to daily life, since life itself is full of craziness and at bottom utterly illogical. Man strives toward reason only so that he can make rules for himself. Life itself has no rules. That is its mystery and its unknown law. What you call knowledge is an attempt to impose something comprehensible on life.”- Carl Jung, The Red Book

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What Your Attachment Style Says About You

What Your Attachment Style Says About You

It may not surprise you that the quality of the relationship formed between the caregiver and child is critical to the way in which individuals respond to and identify with interpersonal relationships in adulthood. However, you may not be aware of just how bound you are subconsciously to your own attachment style, as well as how it impacts your relationships with others.

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Have You Gone Mad?

Have You Gone Mad?

“But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice Remarked.

"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: “We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.”

“How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice.

“You must be mad,” said the Cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here”.

-Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland

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