car Yung published his book psychological types in 1921 introducing four functions of Consciousness thinking feeling sensation and intuition and the two attitudes through which these four functions are deployed introversion and extroversion if one of these functions habitually predominates it is called our primary or dominant function which is paired with a secondary or auxiliary function it was Yung who taught us that a rational function thinking or feeling is paired with an irrational function sensation or intuition to develop a conscious orientation or as he put it an ego Consciousness that involve just these two differentiated functions on the other hand the tertiary function is less differentiated that is less within our conscious grasp and the inferior function is totally immersed in the unconscious and thus a source of errors and complex but it also provides the bridge to the self the total personality that the other differentiated functions cannot the inferior function is carried by the anima or animus contrasexual archetypes of the soul that can serve as illary figures representing the otherness of the unconscious they allow a relationship to develop between conscious and unconscious contents with the potential to replace this tension of opposites with a Harmony of wholeness the tertiary and inferior function would in most people remain potentials only and are represented in dreams in archaic ways in the second half of life however they press for integration into Consciousness to balance our one-sidedness and allow for holess that is the lifelong task of individuation if you are unfamiliar with these Concepts or need a refresher it is recommended that you watch the previous video the psychology of personality types yun's functions follow a four-fold structure which is typical of the archetype of the self these functions follow the archetypal patterns of the four classical elements air thinking water feeling Earth sensation and fire intuition the self is the quintessence The Fifth Element which unites all of the elements or all of the forms of Consciousness we are dealing with the archetype of the differentiation of Consciousness which helps you to become who you are meant to be but for that we must go beyond simple identification and few of us really do most of us live as if we were simply our parent son or daughter husband a wife disciple and so on in other words people live their complexes as if they were reality if we are to embark on the journey towards Consciousness we must break free from these identifications for many the psychological nature is yet unborn each of us is born into a particular family and culture shaped by typological bias and we quickly learn that failing to meet the expectations and demands of others can lead to Serious consequences in a way unless we're fortunate enough to be born into a family that aligns well with our natural type we all make a fan bargain in childhood trading our true innate nature for power knowledge and material gain and we pay an enormous price for that later on in life psychological Taps have to do with discovering one's own unique orientation something that can only emerge after sufficient disorientation it is not merely a framework for casually labeling others from the outside to do so would entirely miss its true purpose psychological types make sense of the way one follows one's individuation process but it does not account for the many distortions of type that arise from substituting other functions to satisfy or defend against the typed demand of an environment that hinders individuation one may appear to be very successful on the outside but in reality suffer from inner fragmentation the Persona or social mask a collective way of playing a role in the world may have nothing to do with one's true nature it is also best not to make a type of diagnosis to someone who has not yet made a connection to the self that would be natural to him or her because all you may be doing is noticing the negative personality that has swallowed up the patient's true self when neurotic traits are easily diagnosed in a patient it suggests that what is being observed is not the person's natural personality but rather a falsification of the original personality what does Consciousness mean it isn't simply noncom although that does help in a seminar Yung was asked is not individuation in our sense of the word here rather living life consciously a plant individuates but it lives unconsciously yung's answer was that is our form of individuation a plant that is made to produce a flower is not individuated if it does not produce a flower it must fulfill the cycle and the man who does not develop Consciousness is not not individuated because Consciousness is his flower it is his life it belongs to our process of individuation that we shall become conscious in allowing the subtitle of psychological types to be the psychology of individuation Yung implied that the flowering of Consciousness has something to do with the progressive emergence of the psychological types just as a flower represents the individuation of a plant Consciousness represents the individuation of a human being if a person individuates fully blossoms the various functions of Consciousness become the pels of that flower in this sense Consciousness is the human being's flower towards the end of his book on psychological types Yun combine function types and attitude types to describe in turn eight function attitudes these were the psychological types in yung's original description however very few of us even even among psychologists can recognize the eight function attitudes described by Yung for Yung the attitude type is the primary thing and the function type serves as a secondary aspect that expresses the attitude in a specific way accordingly he organized his General description of the types in terms of the attitudes describing first the peculiarities of the basic psychological functions in the extroverted attitude and then going on to The Peculiar arities of the basic psychological functions in the introverted attitude let us then briefly describe them the extroverted thinking type bases all actions on intellectual conclusions Guided by objective data whether external facts or accepted ideas he elevates objective reality to a universal law applying it to both personal and Collective life this embodies the entire meaning of his life just as this person subordinates himself to his for formula so too does he expect others to obey it too for whoever refuses to obey it is wrong he is resisting the universal law and is therefore unreasonable immoral and without a conscience exed thinking is interested in definitions that would hold true for everyone according to ideas everyone might agree with at the best extra thinkers are Statesmen lawyers practical scientists respected academics successful entrepreneurs they are excellent at establishing order however the more rigid the formula the more such a type develops into a tyrant who would like to force himself and others into one mold activities riant on feeling like friendships family time and artistic Pursuits often suffer repress potentialities eventually disturb conscious life leading to doubt which when suppressed breeds fanaticism an overcompensation for uncertainty no function can be fully eliminated only distorted the more extreme a Ty is the more active becomes the unconscious in terms of compensation in such cases an extrovert thinking types personal concerns Health social standing and family interests are sacrificed for the ideal sympathy Fades unless others share the same ideals with close family often seeing only tyranny while the outside world resounds with the fame of his Humanity exerted feeling is likewise oriented by objective values this type detaches from the subjective and adjusts entirely to external influences something is deemed beautiful or good not out of personal conviction but to maintain Harmony avoid discomfort or create a pleasant atmosphere for example a painting might be praised for its famous signature or to avoid upsetting its owner reflect an adjustment rather than insincerity the valuations resulting from the act of feeling either correspond directly with objective values or Accord with traditional and generally accepted standards as such they are genuine and represent the feeling function as a whole the exit feeling type seeks to connect with the feelings of others to create a shared experience by reaching out to merge in some way with the other person this kind of feeling is very largely responsible I for the fact that so many people flock to the theater or to concerts or go to church Fashions to owe their whole existence to it and what is far more valuable the positive support of social philanthropic and other such cultural institutions in fact without it a harmonious social life would be impossible the extroverted feeling type suppresses thinking most of all because this is the function most liable to disturb feeling consequently the unconscious of this type contains a thinking that is infantile archaic and negative extroverted sensation types have an exceptional grasp of reality grounded in concrete experiences and objective facts their ideal is to be well adjusted to reality and often have compelling experiences of the textures smells sights sounds and tastes of the world they live fully in the present valuing tangible reality and have little patience over abstraction or reflection they are the Masters at the details of Life they can read maps find their way around a strange city their rooms are neat and tidy they are punctual and do not easily lose things Etc such types excel at being Engineers editors athletes and people in business they make great company because they pay attention to the external details dressing well keeping a good table with plenty of drinks for their friends and so on anything that comes from inside seems morbid only in the realm of tangible reality can they breathe freely their thoughts and feelings will be explained by objective causes or the influence of others a changing mood is unhesitatingly blamed on the weather psychic conflicts are unreal nothing but imagination an unhealthy State of Affairs that will soon clear up when surrounded by friends in extreme cases the Pur suit of sensation becomes all consuming and the individual develops into a crude pleasure Seeker plagued by jealous fantasies anxiety and every sort of phobia extroverted intuitive types tend to easily pick up what is going on in the environment or in other people's minds they also have an extraordinary ability to seek out new possibilities new fields to conquer and their capacity to Kindle enthusiasm for anything new is unrivaled when entering for instance an empty house they see what can be done with a space the walls painted in particular colors pictures in place and even where the furniture will go sensation tabs see only what is in front of them intuitive see the same scene transformed they have absolute loyalty to their vision and submit to its Authority such types are common among entrepreneurs investors Bankers gamblers Hunters Etc the great danger for extroverted intu atives is that they will spend their time and energy on possibilities particularly those of others and never realize anything themselves the VAR situations that seem to promise Freedom or excitement quickly lead once their possibilities have been exhausted to the feeling of being imprisoned thus they will leave and seek something new moreover such individuals tend to pay little attention to their physical needs they simply do not notice for instance when they are tired or hungry over time this self- neglect can manifest in various physical illnesses the introverted thinking type is strongly influenced by ideas though they have their origin not in objective data but in his subjective Foundation he will follow his ideas like the extrovert but in the reverse Direction inwards and not outwards the introverted functions seek to match the experience of an object with a rich inner world of archetyp experience that is already present in the unconscious thus one reflects on whether a particular idea really Accords with one's inner truth regardless of what others might think of it an intense relation to objects which includes people and things is secondary or almost completely lacking in every introverted type simply not pathologizing introversion seeing it not as an unhealthy and dysfunctional way to adapt to the world may be one of the most healing things a psychologist can do an introverted thinker often struggles to know when to stop and feels the need to redefine everything from scratch to the point that it becomes exhausting and hard to follow such people are typically oblivious of the objective requirements of say a relationship it isn't that they don't love but they are simply at a loss to know how to express it although they never shrink from thinking a thought because it might prove to be dangerous or wound other people's feelings they are nonetheless beset by the greatest anxiety if ever they have to make it an objective reality in the pursuit of his ideas the introverted thinker is generally stubborn he lets himself be exploited if only he can be left in peace to pursue his ideas however he will burst out with vicious personal retorts against every criticism however just casual acquaintances think him inconsiderate and domineering to Outsiders he seems prickly unapproachable and arrogant but the better one knows him the more favorable once's judgment becomes and his closest friends value his intimacy very highly the introverted thinking type is the proverbial absentminded Professor this can be quite Charming but less so the more he becomes single-mindedly attached to his own ideas or inner images then his convictions become rigid and unbending his judgment cold inflexible arbitrary in the extreme case he may lose all connection with objective reality and so become isolated from friends family and colleagues introverted feeling types tend to have a calm appearance behind which there may be considerable inner emotion character or intellect Still Waters Run Deep is very true of such people they are mostly silent inaccessible hard to understand often they hide behind a childish mask and their temperament is inclined to Melancholy as they are mainly Guided by their subjective feelings they are concerned with values that matter most to themselves and their true motives generally remain hidden people of this type neither shine nor reveal themselves their lack of desire to impress or influence others sometimes arouses a suspicion of indifference and coldness on the one hand and stupidity on the other wordless expression is a common feature of such people they are more interested in solving an underlying feeling problem than in making Communications to address people's expressions of discomfort triggered by the problem extroverted Feeling by contrast tends to be more communicative using a stream of reassuring words to put people at ease since introverted feeling types appear reserved it might seem on a superficial view that such people paradoxically have no feelings at all the feeling of such a person may Express itself self in a secret religiosity anxiously guarded from others or in Intimate poetic forms that are kept equally well hidden not without the secret ambition of displaying some kind of superiority over the other person by this means the secret feelings are sensed as a sort of stifling presence that holds everyone nearby under a spell this presence carries a mysterious power that can prove terribly fascinating to an extroverted individual especially a thinking type as it resonates deeply with the unconscious this type has a primitive and inferior thinking which tends to be reductive and concrete introverted feeling types often have a heightened sensitivity to what other people think frequently perceiving others as harboring negative thoughts scheming or plotting against them this leads to fatigue stress restlessness and irritability over time their deep emotional intensity can deteriorate into a ficial and excessive need for control expressed through vanity and authoritarian dominance the introverted sensation type is Guided by the intensity of the subjective sensation excited by the objective stimulus for instance when somebody comes into the room he notices the way the person comes in the expression in the face the clothes Etc every detail is absorbed outwardly the introverted sensation type looks like a piece of w with no reaction at all and you do not know what is going on within him but inwardly the impression is being absorbed the quicker inner reactions go underneath and the outer reaction comes in a delayed way these are the people who if told a joke are likely the last to laugh introverted sensation concerns itself primarily with finding order organizing experience and monitoring the comfort of the body on the inside seeking to avoid it from getting over stimulated overheated too tired too hungry or too filled with wrong foods such a type may appear as calm and passive or capable of rational self-control however this is really due to its unrelatedness to objects normally the object is not consciously devalued in the least but its stimulus is removed from it and immediately replaced by a subjective reaction no longer related to the reality of the object such a person can easily make one question why on should exist at all or why objects in general should have any justification for their existence since everything essential still goes on happening without them seen from the outside it looks as though the effect of the object does not penetrate into the subject at all in extreme cases the subject has an illusory conception of reality which goes so far that he's no longer able to distinguish between the real object and the subjective perception since his unconscious is distinguished chiefly by the repression of intuition this type lives in a mythological world where people houses mountains rivers and things appear either as benevolent deities or as malevolent demons the introverted intuitive type like the extroverted intuitive senses future possibilities and potential outcomes but focuses inward these individuals look at the big picture in the unconscious the collective unconscious where the archetypal patterns that move Nations religions and epochs lay even in the midst of apparently individual experiences they often appear as seers prophets poets artists or shamans as an artist the individual reveals strange beautiful and Whimsical things in his work if not an artist he's often a misunderstood genius on a more mundane level such people are mystical daydreamers who struggle to communicate and are often misunderstood lack self-awareness and accomplish little they move between images and possibilities lost in the unconscious without forming personal connections they are especially liable to neglect ordinary physical needs and often have little awareness of their own bodily existence or its effect on others to extroverts they may seem detached from reality lost in fruitless fantasy introverted intuitives are vague about real world details prone to getting lost missing appointments and being late their lack of bodily awareness also makes them inattentive lovers what the introverted intuitive represses most of all is the sensation of the object and this colors his whole unconscious it gives rise to a compensatory extroverted sensation of an archaic character manifesting as compulsive Neurosis with hypochondrial symptoms hyper sensitivity of the sense organs and obsessive attachments to certain people or objects Yung acknowledges that although both the introverted intuitive and the introverted sensation type are from an extroverted and rationalistic standpoint indeed the most useless of men the way they function is nevertheless instructive they are living evidence that this rich and varied world with its overflowing and intoxicating life is not purely external but also exists within in their own way these people are the Educators and promoters of culture their life teaches more than their words for Yung the introvert intuitive is the most difficult type because he sees such uncommon things that he does not like to talk about them and if he does he is bound to be misunderstood the introvert intuitive has one of the most difficult lives but also one of the most interesting ones in Daryl shar's book personal ology types yung's model of typology he describes the eight different types of Consciousness personified as guests at a dinner party the hostess appropriate to her role embodies extroverted feeling ensuring the Gathering runs smoothly her husband a quiet slender professor of art history excels a distinguishing social details in artwork he represents introverted sensation an extrav visit thinking lawyer is the first guest to arrive an industrialist well-dressed but loud and a greedy though appreciative eater comes later he stands for extroverted sensation his wife a quiet and reserved woman with mysterious eyes exerts a strangely magnetic effect on the other guests with her introverted feeling an introverted thinking professor of medicon arrives next absorbed in thoughts of his latest research simply detached from the social atmosphere he's followed by an extroverted intuitive engineer who enthusiastically discusses his ambitious plans which one suspects will come to fruition only if someone else carries them out while speaking he gobbles down his food without noticing what he's eating the final intended guest a young and poor poet forgets to attend entirely upon realizing his mistake he plans by way of apology to send the hostess a poem he was working on while the party was taking place embodying the dreamy nature of the introverted intuitive in his book energies and patterns in psychological type American psychiatrist and Union psychologist John BB expands on yung's work on types if the dominant function is extroverted for instance the traditional Union model would consider the auxiliary and tertiary functions extroverted 2 and therefore the only one to carry one's introverted side would be the inferior function in BB's model however he considers all eight forms of Consciousness as part of our single individual psyche it is the effects of Consciousness on personality not types of personality if the primary function is introverted then the auxiliary will be extroverted and vice versa this natural alteration in our functions of Consciousness is very adaptive it keeps us from being too one-sided the aid function model is not purely theoretical it emerged from BB's extensive study of his own dreams fantasies and behaviors as as well as those of his patients growing on over 50 years of experience in Psychotherapy BB Came Upon a four-fold shadow structure that complements the conscious counterparts but are generally more negative and destructive in nature only through direct experience of the types as one's own can one benefit from type Theory otherwise it merely becomes another way to learn from others about one's identity while there can still be value in discovering new energy for adaptation it is not the same as individuation Yung had emphasized that the theory of psychological types should be used not as a way of classifying people but for sorting out the empirical material in therapy this approach helps a patient identify where a particular complex lives in the psyche when analyzing a dream figure it is useful to consider its type in Psychotherapy a patient's issue may be described as a thinking feeling intu ative or sensation problem the goal is to match the appropriate function of Consciousness to the situation from this perspective the development of Consciousness involves the ability to summon the different functions at the right moments and in the right ways BB's Innovation was not only to extend the four-fold model to an eight-fold model of personality but also associating an archetype with each type Yung had compared the inferior function with the anima or animus BB gave an adequate name to the rest to give an example of the eight-fold model let us consider yung's own type introverted thinking intuitive introverted thinking the primary function is represented by the hero or heroin while the secondary function is extroverted intuitive symbolized by the father or mother the tertiary function is introverted sensation represented by the Pu turnus or p turna the Eternal child and the inferior function is extroverted feeling associated with the anima or animus these four archetypes belong to the EG syonic aspect of Consciousness that is to the personality which aligns harmoniously with the needs and goals of the ego behind each typological position in the unfolding of Consciousness an archetype plays a role guiding us to be heroic parental and even purile and contrasexual as part of what makes us capable of becoming aware of ourselves and the world around us these four archetypes belong to one's mostly conscious orientation which BB calls the little s self this is the typology of one's everyday self experience the basis of one's ongoing Consciousness as a person having one's own standpoint with its inevitable strengths and weaknesses as for the other four function attitudes we enter the realm of the Shadow or what BB refers refers to as the ego distonic or ego alien personality this aspect develops in opposition to the ego and often appears disruptive or destructive to the ego's goals the Shadows repressed because it it's felt to being compatible with a person's moral values holding on to feelings motives and desires deemed unworthy since it's not accepted as part of oneself the shadow can act autonomously sometimes Breaking Free from repression to Express the very impulses the ego has rejected watch what you hate it's pure gold Union analyst Marie Lis Von France writes Yung had said that the hardest thing to understand is not your opposite type if you have introverted feeling it is very difficult to understand an extroverted type but the same functional type with the other attitude it would be most difficult for an introverted feeling type to understand an extroverted feeling type such people remain to a great extent a puzzle and are very difficult to understand spontaneously here the theory of types is tremendously important practically for it is the only thing which can prevent one from completely misunderstanding certain people BB applied this idea to the situation within a single psyche in which the antagonism is not between two people but between two functions with opposite attitudes see seeking to express themselves within the same person in this context the shadow refers to having the same function but opposite attitude continuing with yung's own type as an example ex thinking the opposing personality challenges the hero introverted intuition the SX Latin for old man or which counteracts the good parent extroverted sensation the trickster challenges the poor and introverted feeling the Demonic personality competes with the anima the superior hero and inferior anima or animus functions form a vertical axis which BB calls the spine of Personality this is the axis of our relation to self which forms the core of our personality and allows us to know who we truly are it establishes both our greatest strengths and greatest weaknesses Integrity comes not only from having appropriate pride in your strengths but also in accepting your weaknesses and holding that tension of opposites this awareness is vital it allows us to embrace the reality that we're both strong and weak opening us to the Paradox of living with both the auxiliary and tertiary functions have a horizontal axis called the arms of Personality this is the axis of a relation to others which is focused on how we care for others and are cared for by them some people Define their whole life according to the arms of personality and have little curiosity as to who they are but they are greatly concerned about how they treat others and are treated by them let us now briefly look into each archetype the hero or heroine archetype represents the superior function of Consciousness and the archetypal image for the development of the ego or self-identity which begins in early childhood it is the area of strength and pride because it is associated with a sense of competence and potential Mastery as such it initiates individuation the hero is the symbol of the greatest value recognized by us he is the one who not only welcomes life's challenges but also takes responsibility to confront them this requires autonomy and a need to separate oneself from the excessive super ego expectation of others whether it be from parents colleagues or social institutions however it is also possible to develop a superiority it complex when one is too identified with one Superior function identification with an archetype leads to Ego inflation and the goal of the psychologist is to loosen one's excessive identification with the Godlike archetypes in order for one's Humanity to reveal itself stripping off all false pretentions and allowing one's true personality to emerge the father or mother belongs to the auxiliary function it behaves like a parent and is concerned with nurturing fostering and protecting BB primarily addresses male psychology noting that the lack of fatherly energy transmission creates a hunger in young men to seek out older male figures who have something to transmit this often leads to the conflation of the father figure with the archetype of the wise old man in the minds of young people the archetype of the father goes beyond just the physical presence of the father it includes the body of knowledge about fatherhood that he passes down allowing his children to undergo an initiation process towards maturity and selfhood a crucial aspect of a man's masculinity is tied to how potent or impotent he feels in having something valuable to impart this may represent the archetypal essence of fatherhood it is important to recognize a man's need to engage with what might be symbolized by the totem pole representing a virtical succession of ancestors each man must receive love and guidance from his father and in in turn be able to pass this on to his own children the nurturing father archetype is associated with the auxiliary function not the dominant function so that as the father archetype comes into play and becomes important to the man he must loosen his identification with the archetype of the hero the hero is forever proving his own Mastery the father by contrast seeks to help the people he mentors to feel and be more competent he cannot fulfill this role if he remains in competition with them the confusion of the two leading functions into one is a very easy mistake to make in attempting type diagnosis the Pu turnus or P turna represents the tertiary function and is characterized by immaturity and play the tertiary function is like the left hand of a right-handed person sometimes original and creative but always a bit unstable and at times weaker in its reliability than the inferior function even when the tertiary function shows Talent it tends to be acutely aware of its need for support or guidance from someone else and is thus more associated with vulnerability than with competence the Eternal child is someone who exhibits a kind of false individualism since he is special he sees no need to adapt this leads to an arrogant attitude towards others fueled by both an inferiority feeling and false feelings of superiority such individuals often struggle to find the right job as as nothing ever seems quite right or what they truly wanted the same applies to relationships there is always a but that prevents the PO from making any real commitment their ideals are so far removed from reality that everything feels like it is not the real thing leading to a form of neurosis the provisional life the strange attitude and feeling that one is not yet in real life of course the Eternal child is not only negative he can also bring the energy Beauty and creativity of childhood into adult life it is as nche put it the archetype that utterers a sacred yes to life the Pinnacle of Life affirmation the anima or animus is tied to the inferior function and for most people it is a source of Shame and embarrassment acknowledging and accepting this shame with a measure of humility is a crucial first step towards knowing oneself finding integrity and beginning to make a meaningful connection to the unconscious if this doesn't happen the anima will be like a flower that hasn't bloomed Yun calls the anima the archetype of life because she gives a man the feeling that he is alive the anima is also a place of great idealism in the psyche thus a person whose Superior function is introverted thinking will often put a very high value on the goal of everyone in a group getting along together although this person may lack any other the feeling skills to fac facilitate such an outcome conversely an introverted feeling type may be drawn to Champion the most abstruse strains of philosophy even as he or she has to struggle to follow the more intricate twists of thinking the anima is a gateway to the unconscious acting as the medat tricks to the self Yung recommends getting to know one's anima as well as possible especially during the second half of life that is his therapy for the numerous anema problems bad moods resentments obsessive longings for attachment uncontrolled emotional outbursts all of these Yung says are symptoms of faulty adaptation to the inner world since the anima is concerned with how the man is relating to his deeper psyche she will call attention to Problems by sending symptoms from dread and depression to Obsession and deep personalization through these manifestations the anima moves the ego to acknowledge the reality of the psyche these symptoms tend to moderate when the anima is recognized as the bridge to the unble self which the man must learn to respect when BB struggled with depression migraines and exhaustion he dreamed of a glum Chinese woman sitting alone in an empty room her husband squandered the money on gambling and drugs living her with nothing the woman his real life laundress was practical and efficient embodying an introverted sensation type focused on tangible sensy matters BB saw the husband in the dream as a less flattering side of his Superior function extroverted intuition chasing possibilities and taking his energy into the world the dream was saying very specifically that his introverted sensation was not getting anything from him BB writes I looked at what was happening with my patients in my developing Psychotherapy practice I was very excited to hear everything they were telling me so much so that I was listening with baited breath neglecting even to breathe properly no wonder I came home to migrain headaches I was retaining carbon dioxide I made up my mind that I would have to attend to my breathing while listening to patients this opened a series of spaces that allowed me to be aware of my body as I practiced therapy I then noticed that in my body as I attended to it were Clues to what was going on in my patient beyond anything dream interpretation could have revealed BB noticed that if his stomach or chest felt tense that was a signal that his patient was feeling uptight by paying attention to these bodily Sensations And discussing the feelings with the patient he was experiencing inwardly relevant material would surface helping to move the therapy forward when BB helped the patient Express the feelings his body he had picked up he would finish the session without a headache and feel energized rather than depleted this approach seemed to serve as a tonic for his inner life later a dream about the Chinese laundress showed her happier as her husband had been taking her out for ice cream the opposing personality is the shadow of the hero an area of frustration and challenge that fuels defensive character traits such as paranoia avoidance passive aggressiveness and inappropriate seduction this archetype is constellated when we feel our heroic Superior function and its most cherished values are under attack or when we are called upon to use the function attitude it carries the opposing personality can be viewed as a tendency to become detached in relation to certain kinds of situations one doesn't immediately know how to handle or to tune out in the face of a effects one does know how to deal with this Consciousness can end up opposing one's own best interests in perverse ways until we look into the shadow of our Superior function we will tend to project the difficulty within us onto other people who might have certain hooks to catch the projection projection is always easier than assimilation according to BB the opposing personality is one of two places in a man's psyche where his inner femininity is likely to show up strongly in the grip of of this archetype a man may make spiteful or hateful remarks or unleash a seductive charm whose purpose is to exercise control over others while the anima holds the potential for leading a man towards wholeness the same cannot be usually said of the opposing personality when the anima is projected onto a woman a man May idealize her or want to marry her projecting the opposing personality by contrast would cause a man to see the woman in a negative or Troublesome light as she seems to embody the man's own antagonistic traits thus the relationship that ensues is usually characterized by arguments and confrontations the senx is an archetype that Shadows the good father that one consciously aspires to be when one tries to help people while the witch is the shadow of the good mother these are characterized by limit setting and control defending themselves by shaming and blaming and being overly skeptical or cynical the syx is particularly paralyzing to a woman's animos while the witch has a similar effect on a man's anima these archetypes discourage and disable others they freeze others in their tracks and make them doubt that what they're doing has any value the child who experiences the disapproving or abusive parent can remain a part of us even as we grow into adulthood causing a traumatic Neurosis which is carried by the tertiary function as the wounded boy or girl the senic and the witch appear inwardly as the withering self-critic that seem to drain all the Vitality out of the individual captured by this archetype the remaining Persona seems old dry and absent of Animation All That Remains is cynicism a tendency towards depreciation and despair to hear this archetypes repeated insistence On Life's lack of meaning value and Future makes one realize how much this is the voice of major depression in extreme cases there can be the psychotic delusion that one has actually died and is rotting the special domain of knowledge or authority of the senx archetype is the old man who metaphorically speaking Paces up and down inside each of us waiting for his chance to put Troublesome people in their place the mythological image is the Roman God Saturn with his CLE who has become less an archetypal image of the Harvest and taken on a more deadly aspect as the arch enemy of the processes of Youth growth and development men identified with the senic are often harsh toward those identified with the poor Turners but the more typical interactions are with the trickster the senx takes a grim pleasure in catching the trixton deceit reinforcing the senx worldview that people cannot be trusted while the senic can be dogmatic and harsh there's also wisdom in the way this archetype sets limits despite its initially intimidating appearance people possessed by the senx archetype can often be hard to empathize with it may help to realize that it is an archetype that emerges when a person feels their self-identity is in Decline and they are beginning to lose control of their life at such times the senic resorts to strategies that simulate heroism often living in a Fantastical World akin to Don kot these fictions become the sole purpose and meaning of their lives the self-critical patient may relentlessly punish himself but the therapist is usually not allowed to breathe a word that might expose the fictions by which the patient is living however one must challenge these fictions the trickster is the shadow of the poor or p and represents manipulation mischief and Paradox this archetype poses a challenge for psychologists as Psychotherapy requires sincerity and vulnerability traits the tricks The Lax the trickster resists having to do things the way others think is right defying rules that attempt to uphold standards of behavior and questioning the values of those who defend the standards BB observed that the tricksters often projected onto difficult male or female patients whose intense subjectivity seems to constantly undercut his efforts to help them with psychological understanding when the trickster appears out of the psyche of a patient it often reveals itself through its ability to create a double bind a psychological trap in which the person receives conflicting messages making it impossible to respond correctly it is a situation where you cannot win no matter what you do another characteristic of the trickster is duplicity the state of being double and deliberately deceptive in Behavior or speech patients who have aligned their survival strategies with this archetype can be quite duplicitous urging the therapist to support personal choices that are actually harmful the therapist must have integrated enough trickster of his or her own to be able to turn the double bind around and reverse the terms of the hard bargain that the trickster in the patient is seeking to impose the Demonic personality is the shadow of the anima or animus and consists of undermining oneself and others these actions or judgments often seem surprising and mysterious even to ourselves when we act in a primal or destructive way it is often through this archetype the inferior function if not addressed during the development of Consciousness is vulnerable to the Demonic aspect of the unconscious BB gives an example of a man in his early 50s going to therapy because his whole psyche would be said vibrating simply by his father's phone calls at first however the patient did not know that his psyche was vibrating his wife had to tell him when she picked up the Vibes which she felt as painful and intolerable for force fields the man eventually realized his father's abusive Behavior triggered fear and rage causing physical agitation setting boundaries with his father eased these symptoms and he left therapy but soon new difficulties arose he began hearing an inner voice saying you're nothing revealing his demonic personality he had to acknowledge his deep vulnerability when the inner voice spoke recognizing the same agitated painful vibrations his wife had felt this led him to connect with his anima for the first time until then he believed in enduring unpleasant states of Mind by distracting himself with work focusing on tasks to feel a sense of accomplishment even if it meant living in mystery most of the time as an introverted sensation type he realized that dissociating from his feelings and pushing through was no longer helpful he returned to therapy where he learned to confront and engage in dialogue with his inner voice for the first time in years he took a look at the big picture of his career and saw that it no longer had the meaning for him that it once had he made a career change to work that better aligned with his values and allowed him to contribute more meaningfully in this way the introverted intuitive demon that had plagued him became a Dion guiding him to a higher level of integration within his own ethical perspective the dionic personality is the area of redemp ition that creates opportunities to develop Integrity we may see these eight archetypes as different personalities within the vast theater of the unconscious they too have a role to play in our lives seeking to express themselves outwardly It Is by integrating these archetypes of the collective unconscious that we truly become an individual this process is at the heart of individuation it is the Journey of discovering your essence who you were meant to be while these archetypes have typical characteristics they do not manifest identically in every individual but adapt uniquely to each person's life by making use of all the eight forms of Consciousness in the course of Our Lives we move towards wholeness when it comes to knowing ourselves we must integrate the hero and the anima or animus while acknowledging the limitations of the opposing and demonic Personalities in our relationships with others we need to be in touch with to the parent and child within us while being mindful of the senx or witch and the trickster whose influences can be both guiding and disruptive when we're able to translate emotions into images that is to say to find the images which are concealed in the emotions we are inwardly calmed and reassured however if we leave those images hidden in the emotions we might be Torn to Pieces by them when an inner situation is not made conscious it happens outside as fate if we do not gain control over the images within us we run the risk of them gaining control over us