Do you struggle with a specific area of your life, such as your physical or mental health, your relationships, your career, or your finances? You may be the victim of your shadow. What is your shadow, you may ask? It is a concept that was first introduced by the famous psychologist Carl Jung.
The shadow is all those negative aspects of yourself that hold you back from living the life that you desire. This could take the form of negative thinking, suppressed emotions, or limiting beliefs and can manifest as anxiety, depression, addiction, physical symptoms, addiction, or relationship challenges.
The reasons why people struggle with these issues is that they try to fix them at the surface level and only deal with the symptoms and never get to the root causes. The roots usually go very deep and often start in childhood through traumatic events that we may or may not recall.
It is important to realize that these traumas do not have to be major, such as physical or sexual abuse; they could also be emotional neglect by your parents, schoolyard or social media bullying, household dysfunction, or hurtful words that someone........