Theories
The Conscious Mind |
The Unconscious Mind |
Neurosis
"neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering." ―Carl Jung
"Jung's view was that an outbreak of neurosis is purposeful, an opportunity to become conscious of who we are as opposed to who we think we are. By working through the symptoms that invariably accompany neurosis-anxiety, fear, depression, guilt and particularly conflict―we become aware of our limitations and discover our true strengths." ―jungny.com
"I have frequently seen people become neurotic when they content themselves with inadequate or wrong answers to the questions of life. They seek position, marriage, reputation, outward success of money, and remain unhappy and neurotic even when they have attained what they were seeking. Such people are usually confined within too narrow a spiritual horizon. Their life has not sufficient content, sufficient meaning. If they are enabled to develop into more spacious personalities, the neurosis generally disappears.” -Carl Jung |
Psychological Type
“Psychological type is a theory of personality developed by Swiss psychiatrist Carl G. Jung to explain the normal differences between healthy people. Based on his observations, Jung concluded that differences in behavior result from individuals’ inborn tendencies to use their minds in different ways. As people act on these tendencies, they develop predictable patterns of behavior. Jung’s psychological type theory defines eight different patterns, or types, and gives an explanation of how type develops.” ―Isabel Briggs Myers, Introduction to Type
“Sensation tell us a thing is. Thinking tell us what it is this thing is. Feeling tells us what this thing is to us.” ―Carl Jung
"When Carl Jung classified the "rational" functions of the mind he divided them into thinking and feeling. We often consider feeling to be loose and nebulous, but for Jung it was one of the mind's strictly rational functions. Feeling, for Jung, is what assesses the inherent value of things. Feeling looks at the world globally rather than analytically. If thought is not balanced by feeling, then it can become obsessive and one-tracked, giving no attention to the overall meaning of what one is doing. Conversely, if feeling is not tempered by thought, then we are in danger of rushing into events with great enthusiasm and conviction without making proper plans or understanding possible pitfalls." ―F. David Peat, From Certainty to Uncertainty: The Story of Science and Ideas in the Twentieth Century (2002)
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, developed by Isabel Briggs based on Jung’s theory of types, has become one of the most popular psychological tests in the world. Read more and take our version of the test next.
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