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0:00[Music]
0:04have you ever felt like you are living a
0:06life that isn't really yours as if
0:09somehow you are following a script
0:11written by someone else parents teachers
0:15friends society and deep down something
0:19inside you is screaming that something
0:21is wrong you wake up every day put on
0:25the same mask as always fulfill your
0:28obligations into interact with people as
0:31if everything is fine but at some point
0:34when silence finally arrives that
0:37uncomfortable question
0:39arises who am I really Kung believed
0:43that this feeling of disconnection is
0:44not a coincidence on the contrary it is
0:48a symptom of a deep problem that almost
0:50no one has the courage to face most
0:53people go through their entire lives
0:54without ever knowing their true selves
0:58they limit themselves to living social
1:00roles manufactured identities and
1:03imposed
1:05expectations the worst part they believe
1:08that this is all there is they die
1:11without ever having known their own soul
1:14and now comes the most important
1:16question is this happening to
1:19you what you called self may not be you
1:24your personality your desires your
1:26beliefs how much of this is truly yours
1:29and how much which was placed there by
1:31others since childhood we have been
1:34conditioned to fit in to become
1:37acceptable to hide certain aspects of
1:39ourselves in order to be loved we create
1:43a mask or as Yung called it a Persona a
1:47social disguise that we use to protect
1:50ourselves but the more we wear this mask
1:53the further we drift away from our true
1:56selves and one day this mask becomes all
1:59all that is left of us but Jung warned
2:03us living disconnected from who we
2:05really are comes at a cost a cost paid
2:10with anguish dissatisfaction and a
2:13constant feeling that something is
2:16missing have you ever felt that no
2:18matter what you achieve there is still
2:21an
2:21emptiness as if something essential is
2:24always out of your reach this happens
2:27because what you truly need is not out
2:30there it is not in a better job in a
2:32perfect relationship or in the
2:34recognition of others it is within you
2:37buried under layers and layers of
2:39conditioning the big question is are you
2:42willing to dive into your own psyche and
2:46discover who you really are because this
2:49journey is not easy finding the true
2:51self requires you to confront everything
2:54that has been repressed forgotten or
2:57distorted over the years it means is
2:59looking Inward and facing parts of
3:02yourself that you might prefer to avoid
3:04but this is also the only way to free
3:07yourself in this video we will explore
3:10the journey that car Yung called
3:13individuation the process of becoming
3:15whole of integrating all parts of
3:18yourself and finally living according to
3:21your true Essence are you ready for this
3:24then let's
3:26begin since childhood you learned that
3:28to be accepted you needed to behave in
3:31certain ways perhaps you were taught to
3:34be polite not to speak too loudly not to
3:37show anger to please others or maybe you
3:40learned that you had to be strong all
3:42the time hide your weaknesses and appear
3:45confident even when you were filled with
3:47doubts
3:48inside unbeknownst to you you began to
3:51shape an identity that was not only
3:54yours but a reflection of what the world
3:57expected of you carong called this mask
4:01the Persona it is the face you present
4:05to the world the version of yourself
4:08that you constructed to fit in and don't
4:11be fooled we all have one if you have
4:15ever acted differently at work at home
4:18with friends or even on social media
4:21then you have already experienced the
4:23power of the Persona in your life is it
4:26useful yes without it we wouldn't be
4:29able to relate socially but there is a
4:32great danger when you completely
4:35identify with this mask you start to
4:37forget who you really
4:39are think for a moment how many times
4:43have you said or done something just to
4:46be accepted how many times have you
4:48hidden what you really thought out of
4:51fear of judgment how many times have you
4:53caught yourself smiling when inside you
4:56wanted to scream this happens because at
4:59some point the Persona stopped being
5:01just a role and began to dominate your
5:04existence you are no longer an authentic
5:07individual but a character playing a
5:09role who you didn't even consciously
5:11choose and here lies the problem the
5:14Persona cannot sustain your soul it can
5:17bring acceptance but not fulfillment it
5:20can guarantee compliments but not
5:23genuine
5:24happiness in the long run living solely
5:27through the Persona lead leads to an
5:30empty life where you feel that something
5:32essential is missing but you can't
5:35identify what it is and worse still the
5:39more you cling to this mask the further
5:41you drift from your true
5:44Essence but if the Persona is not your
5:47true self then who are you really to
5:51answer this question we need to look at
5:53the other side of the coin at the part
5:56of you that has been repressed and
5:58pushed into the
6:00unconscious Yung called this the Shadow
6:04and this is where the true quest for
6:06your true self begins but be careful
6:10what is hidden in the shadow is not
6:12always easy to face are you ready to
6:16discover then continue with me if this
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6:27support if the persona is the mask you
6:30wear to be accepted then the shadow is
6:33everything you hide to avoid being
6:36rejected but here's the problem what you
6:39repress doesn't disappear on the
6:42contrary it gains strength in your
6:44unconscious operating in the shadows of
6:46your mind influencing your emotions your
6:50fears and even the choices you make in
6:53life without you realizing it Carl Yung
6:56described the shadow as the Hidden Side
6:59of the py
7:00composed of everything that has been
7:02repressed throughout life prohibited
7:05desires contained anger weaknesses you
7:09don't want to admit traumas you tried to
7:12forget and you know what's worse many of
7:16the things in your Shadow aren't even
7:18bad they are just parts of you that at
7:21some point someone said were
7:24unacceptable perhaps as a child you
7:27showed too much curiosity but but were
7:29called inconvenient and learned to stay
7:32quiet maybe you felt the urge to express
7:35anger but were taught that it was wrong
7:38and now you swallow your frustrations
7:41until they
7:43explode perhaps you showed sensitivity
7:46but Society convinced you it was
7:48weakness so you learned to hide your
7:51feelings all of this all the parts of
7:54you that were denied did not
7:57disappear they just hid in your Shadow
8:01waiting for the moment to emerge and
8:04they do emerge if you've ever had an
8:06outburst of anger and then regretted it
8:09felt Envy towards someone and tried to
8:12deny it to yourself or reacted
8:15excessively to criticism without
8:17understanding why then you have
8:19experienced Your Shadow taking control
8:22when we don't consciously deal with it
8:25it manifests in distorted ways
8:27sabotaging our relationships our careers
8:30our
8:32self-esteem but here's the truth that no
8:35one tells you your Shadow is not your
8:38enemy on the contrary it is where many
8:41of the most valuable aspects of your
8:43personality lie your creativity your
8:46authenticity your true
8:49strength you cannot be whole until you
8:52integrate this part of yourself and to
8:54do that you need to stop running away
8:57and start looking inward but how do you
9:00face something that has been repressed
9:02for so long how do you bring your Shadow
9:06into the light without letting it
9:09consume
9:10you the answer lies in a central concept
9:14of yian
9:15psychology the self or the true self and
9:19that is exactly what we are going to
9:22explore
9:23[Music]
9:24now if the Persona is the mask and the
9:28shadow is everything have repressed then
9:30the self the true self is what exists
9:34Beyond these layers it is the totality
9:37of your psyche the harmonious Fusion
9:40between who you truly are and who you
9:42show to the
9:44world Yung believed that the purpose of
9:46life was not simply to follow a path
9:48predefined by Society but rather to
9:51become whole to discover your true
9:53Essence and to live according to
9:56it this process of self-discovery and
9:59integration is what he called
10:02individuation but finding the self is
10:04not something that happens by chance it
10:07is not something that simply appears one
10:09day in front of you like a magical
10:11Epiphany the self does not reveal itself
10:14to those who are not willing to face the
10:17truth about themselves you need to
10:20actively seek it out and this Quest
10:22requires a deep journey within
10:25yourself it is a confrontation with
10:28everything you have been taught to hide
10:31a Reconciliation between your most
10:33authentic desires and the restrictions
10:36imposed by the outside
10:38world the greatest obstacle to finding
10:41the true self is
10:43fear fear of losing the identity you
10:46have built over the years fear of
10:49realizing that many of your choices were
10:51not truly yours fear of facing aspects
10:55of your personality that you have denied
10:57for so long this fear causes many people
11:01to never find the self they spend their
11:04entire lives clinging to the Persona
11:07pretending to be something they are not
11:09while their Shadow operates behind the
11:11scenes sabotaging their chances of
11:14genuine happiness but when you begin to
11:17integrate Your Shadow and question The
11:19Masks you wear something incredible
11:23happens you start to feel a kind of
11:25Freedom you have never experienced
11:28before you discover that you no longer
11:30need to pretend to be someone you are
11:32not you realize that you no longer need
11:35to please everyone you begin to act more
11:39authentically to make decisions that
11:41make sense to you and not just to meet
11:43the expectations of others and the most
11:46interesting part the closer you get to
11:49yourself the more life begins to make
11:51sense the anxieties and frustrations
11:55that once seemed inexplicable begin to
11:57have a clear roote you understand why
12:00certain patterns repeat why certain
12:02situations affect you so much why
12:04certain relationships never worked out
12:07you start to realize that throughout
12:10your life there was something inside you
12:13trying to show you the way but you were
12:16too busy trying to fit in to listen but
12:19there is an important detail the path to
12:22finding the self cannot be walked in
12:25isolation there is a fundamental element
12:27in this journey that many ignore the
12:30unconscious and the archetypes that
12:33shape the way we think feel and
12:37behave if you do not understand these
12:39hidden forces you will never be able to
12:42fully comprehend who you are and that is
12:47what we will explore
12:51next the human mind is not just what we
12:54see and consciously understand most of
12:58our psyche is hidden operating at a deep
13:01and invisible level Yung believed that
13:04to find the true self it is not enough
13:06to look at our rational thoughts and
13:08daily decisions we must dive into the
13:11depths of the unconscious for it is
13:13there that the hidden patterns that
13:15shape our identity are
13:18found but what exactly is in this
13:22unconscious Beyond Your Shadow Beyond
13:24repressed memories and unrecognized
13:27desires there is something even more
13:28fundamental m al
13:31archetypes Yung discovered that the
13:33human psyche is not a blank slate on the
13:37contrary we are born with universal
13:39mental structures patterns of thought
13:42behavior and emotion that are shared by
13:45all people regardless of culture or time
13:49he called this the collective
13:52unconscious and it is from this
13:54Collective unconscious that archetypes
13:57emerge primordial images that influence
14:00the way we perceive the world and
14:01ourselves if you have ever felt an
14:03inexplicable attraction to certain
14:05stories myths or symbols it is because
14:08archetypes are acting within you they
14:11appear in Fairy Tales movies religions
14:14and most importantly in your own dreams
14:18and behaviors for example the hero is an
14:21archetype present in virtually all
14:24cultures it represents one who faces
14:27challenges overcomes obst stacles and
14:30seeks
14:31transformation but there is also the
14:33wise one who symbolizes knowledge and
14:37introspection the rebel who challenges
14:40the rules and questions the system and
14:42the caregiver who lives to protect and
14:45serve others and the most interesting
14:48part you do not choose which archetypes
14:52influence your life they operate Within
14:55You Without your awareness the problem
14:58arises when when you identify only with
15:00one archetype and ignore the others if
15:03you only see yourself as the hero you
15:05may end up feeling pressured to always
15:07be strong unable to accept weaknesses or
15:11vulnerabilities if you live solely in
15:13the role of the caregiver you may spend
15:15your life putting others needs above
15:17your own forgetting about
15:19yourself finding the true self means
15:22balancing these archetypes recognizing
15:25which ones dominate your life and
15:27integrating those that have been
15:30neglected but how do these archetypes
15:32appear in your life the answer lies in
15:35your dreams your impulses the patterns
15:39that repeat without you understanding
15:41why and if you ignore them you will be
15:44ignoring essential parts of yourself
15:47that is why so many people feel lost
15:50they do not understand that there are
15:51invisible forces shaping their desires
15:54their decisions and even their
15:56existential crises but but here is the
15:59most important question if you do not
16:02become aware of these archetypes they
16:04control you they determine your
16:06behaviors your insecurities your
16:10relationships but if you recognize and
16:12integrate them you take control of your
16:15own narrative and that is precisely what
16:18differentiates those who find their true
16:20self from those who spend their entire
16:22lives trapped in automatic patterns but
16:26what if you ignore all of this what
16:29happens to someone who refuses to look
16:31at the unconscious who resists
16:33individuation and continues to live
16:35according to masks and
16:38Illusions the answer lies in the
16:41psychological suffering that accompanies
16:43those who flee from
16:45themselves and that is the danger of
16:48non-
16:49individuation which we will explore
16:53now what happens to someone who spends
16:56their life running away from themselves
16:59who ignores their own shadow lives
17:01imprisoned in a Persona and refuses to
17:04acknowledge the archetypes that shape
17:05their Destiny car Yung was clear
17:09avoiding the process of individuation
17:11does not keep us safe instead it
17:14condemns us to a fragmented existence
17:16filled with anxiety frustration and an
17:19emptiness that can never be filled by
17:21anything
17:23external many people believe that
17:25following society's rules and fitting
17:29into what is expected of them will
17:32guarantee a peaceful life but this
17:35Tranquility is merely
17:37superficial at some point something
17:40begins to go wrong it may manifest as
17:43emotional crisis with no apparent
17:45explanation feelings of dissatisfaction
17:48even when everything seems perfect or
17:51the emergence of psychosomatic
17:53illnesses the body and mind always find
17:56ways to alert us when we are straying
17:58too too far from our true nature non-
18:02individuation can also manifest through
18:05destructive
18:07patterns have you ever noticed how some
18:09people repeat the same mistakes
18:11throughout their lives how they enter
18:14abusive relationships sabotage their own
18:18achievements or live in a constant state
18:20of
18:22dissatisfaction this happens because
18:25when we do not deal with what is hidden
18:27within us we become prisoners of our own
18:31unconscious it finds ways to express
18:34itself even if it is through suffering
18:37another common symptom of non-
18:39individuation is the feeling that we are
18:41merely existing but not truly living
18:45this manifests in a monotonous routine
18:47in a life without purpose in a sense
18:50that we are just going with the flow
18:53without a clear
18:56Direction This is the reality for
18:59millions of people who have never
19:00questioned whether the life they lead is
19:03truly the life they chose they follow
19:07inherited patterns imposed beliefs and
19:10external expectations without ever
19:12stopping to ask does this really make me
19:15happy and the most dangerous of all
19:18resentment when a person ignores who
19:20they really are they inevitably feel
19:23anger but they do not always know where
19:25that anger comes from they may turn
19:28against others blaming the world the
19:31system their family or Society for their
19:35suffering or they may turn inward
19:39transforming into depression
19:41self-sabotage and a deep disconnection
19:44from their own
19:45existence but there's a way out there's
19:49a way to break this cycle and free
19:51oneself from this invisible prison the
19:54answer lies in the courage to face the
19:56truth to question one's own Illusions
19:59and to seek
20:02individuation this process is not easy
20:05it requires strength determination and
20:07the willingness to look within even when
20:10what we find is not pleasant and now we
20:13come to the crucial Point what does it
20:15mean in practice to be yourself what is
20:19it like to live without masks without
20:21repression without fear of external
20:24judgment what happens when you truly
20:27find your true self
20:29let's explore this in our
20:33conclusion finding your true self is not
20:36a destination but a process it is not
20:39something that happens overnight as if
20:42one day you simply wake up and know
20:44exactly who you are it is a journey that
20:48lasts a lifetime a path of discoveries
20:52deconstruction and
20:54reconstruction facing the shadows and
20:56freeing yourself from the masks that
20:58have been imposed on us and it is a path
21:02that few choose to walk most people
21:05prefer the safety of Conformity they
21:07cling to their personas because they
21:10believe that without them they would be
21:13rejected they avoid looking at their
21:15Shadows because they fear what they will
21:17find there they ignore the archetypes
21:20that guide their lives because they do
21:22not want to admit that they are not in
21:24control as much as they would
21:27like but this fear comes at a cost an
21:31empty existence lacking authenticity
21:34depth and real
21:36meaning Yung showed us that true Freedom
21:39lies not in fitting in but in becoming
21:42who we really
21:44are this means accepting your wholeness
21:48both your qualities and your flaws both
21:51your light and your
21:53Darkness it means taking control of your
21:55own life rather than being just a
21:58product of your environment culture and
22:01others
22:03expectations it means abandoning the
22:05role of puppet and becoming the author
22:07of your own
22:08story but this path requires courage
22:13courage to let go of the illusions that
22:15have been comfortable for so long
22:17courage to face your own fears and
22:21insecurities courage to accept that you
22:23may not be who you thought you were and
22:25that's okay because now you have the
22:28opportunity
22:29to become someone much greater much more
22:31authentic much more alive so I ask you
22:36are you ready for this challenge are you
22:38willing to question the stories you've
22:40been told about who you are to confront
22:42the parts of yourself that have been
22:45repressed to finally live according to
22:47your true
22:49Essence if something in this video made
22:52you reflect let me know in the comments
22:55what part impacted you the most have you
22:58ever felt like you were living an
23:00identity that wasn't really yours let's
23:04talk about it and don't stop here the
23:07next video is essential to deepen this
23:10journey and understand even more about
23:13the hidden mechanisms that shape your
23:15mind so keep watching because this
23:18discovery is just beginning
23:26[Music]

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