Enantiodromia: How Extreme Pain (Trauma) Leads to Profound Healing

Enantiodromia, a concept originating with Heraclitus and later adopted by Carl Jung, describes the phenomenon where an extreme force naturally gives rise to its opposite, reflecting the psyche’s self-regulatory drive toward balance.

(Book Ref: Trauma and Beyond by Ursula Wirtz)

[derridastone]

One of the psychological concepts which still excites me. To see how an extreme can push you to opposite extreme.

[johnsims]

What is the name of the game going on in the background?