I think the ideas shared on the internet about jung made my suffering 1000x worse and drove me down a terrible path. Ofc i need to take credit for my actions, and I try to. However, how many people has this sub/ videos on the internet about jung made people go completely crazy. I havent been on here for a long time, but from what i remember, it was full of people encouraging others to stupid things.
I went through a phase were i was doing so much active imagination and it was so bad. I completely lost my identity. I found that I couldn't trun the voices that i had tried so hard to find off. Maybe at first their was some cathartic aspects of active imagination, but I feel like it is so easy to get lost in and is so dangerous. I can't blame this sub entirely, as it was my choices and life circumstances that pushed me on a destabilizing path. Jungian discourse is WAY too comfortable with the idea of going crazy, or 'submerging yourself in your darkness to heal it from the inside' or bs like that.
I think anyone wishfully thinking that Jungian stuff will save them should take a step back. Not saying it can't help anyone but i know i am not the only one who it has hurt. Does anyone actually believe in this stuff?
I am 20 years old and my life just feels so strange now.
Alright thats the end of the rant. I'm open to discussion if anyone has different opinions