Carl Jung and The Value of Anxiety Disorders

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Carl Jung believed that anxiety disorders, and other forms of neuroses, were not solely negative phenomenon. They may produce much suffering, but according to Jung, they also provide us with crucial information concerning our current way of life and how to improve it.
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[LetsFindOut]

7:20 "if we cease moving forward... we tend to regress to the immature..." wow that hit home.

[abdullahalhindi]

I have never realized that anxiety is a warning sign to change our attitude toward life. Thank you and waiting for part two.

[JohnDoe-fohh]

"The Fates lead the willing, but drag the unwilling" brilliant.

[EnHatchEss]

You amaze me with how objective and distanced you can remain. On a medium where everyone is aiming at building a personal brand you stay steadfast to academia and the transference of knowledge. 10/10

[DoctorSess]

This was exactly what I needed to learn at this moment. Some part of me was already naturally aware of this but hearing it reiterated just brings it home. I am suffering from anxiety, depression, neuroses and it is indeed because I am not living how I’m “meant to be”. Conflicted. Regressed. Neurotic. “Internal civil war” that hits me. I have begun changing my outlook towards life, I really have. Making an effort at overcoming my cynicism and self defeating attitude but this just solidifies it. The time has come to stop making excuses and start living again.

[BlueIceAce]

My TL;DR for this video.

Avoiding the responsibilities of life regresses ourselves to immaturity while our physical bodies matures. When we look into the mirror and recognise this paradox, anxiety grows.

[jefft]

I have only ever experienced anxiety when I've been doing something I shouldn't (being idle, doing a dead end job, stuck in an unhappy relationship)
When I learned to see it as a subconscious steering mechanism from the mind, attempting to move me from bad things.
As I changed my perspective on anxiety, I began making changes in my life.
I no longer experience anxiety as I move closer to a life compatible to my being.
Anxiety and depression should be listened to in the same way that we would listen to sudden onset of shooting pains in the lower back - our pain tells us to do something different

[danilaangileri]

To all of us; stay positive and distract your mind as much that you can. Engage the creative mind. Leave social media. Continue your spiritual growth and it’s true it’s about the journey not the outcome.
I am a survivor and doing my best every day to help others and engage with life instead of watching.
Much love and light to all of you.

Peace ☮️

[davidhyrman]

Bruh ur gonna make us wait a week or two for the answer to overcoming neurosis? I thought once we recognized it we must correct it NOW! I got a life to fix here man! (I'm totally joking, I so deeply appreciate the content you provide for free, it's almost a miracle!)

[borysZ]

These always come out when I need it most. So much so I even thought a video was going to be released today. Thank you for spreading such profound and vital wisdom and thank you for helping me and many others in our darkest times of life.

[edwardwoods]

Besides Nietzsche, no other author has effected me like Jung. I just can’t get enough of Jung’s writing. So much self-awareness of his limitations and the limitations of psychology and yet profound insights into the history of the unconscious. You don’t read Jung. His works read you deeply. I can’t just read Jung casually. He forces one to reckon with themselves. I highly recommend everyone to read Jung. A good start is “The Portable Jung” and “Modern Man in Search of a Soul.” And then just keep going from there.

[razumikhinjones]

You have no idea how much this helped me. Thank you.

[charles]

The quote at 4:37 strikes at the heart of the suffering of Western civilization. We're sad and anxious because he CAN be, because we don't live in circumstances that demand courage, or sacrifice or action. We're blessed with the luxury of freedom and choice, which of course leaves us with paralysis through analysis. That's why it's important to constantly expose yourself to circumstances that force your action, and restrict your freedom to an extent. So as to prevent indecision

[senamuku]

THANK YOU for this summary and breakdown of Jung's - been in a rut for a while but legit think these insights are life changing!
NOTES:
01:12

Jung saw neurosis as signalling that a change in our way of life is needed

01:23

We cannot ignore this signalling as it means we are hindering our own growth - anxiety, depression etc signals for me to realise that there's something wrong with my life and I need to change it

02:07

The neurosis is actually caused by factors in the present - only here can the signalled problem be solved (present) - we makeup and believe a story about something that happened in our past which caused the neurosis - this is not true!

02:35

Jung didn't say ignore what happened in your past but the factor causing the neurosis is a conflict in your present-day life!

03:24

The Fates Lead the willing but drag the unwilling - Cleanthes (or Seneca?)

03:42

Jung believes that every individual is presented with a series of life tasks to accomplish - (kinda like our fate in a sense)

04:14

Tasks are: biological need to pass on our genes, psychological need to gain independence from our parents, cultivate a social life, find our purpose, face death

04:27

Jung believed all humans where naturally compelled to achieve these tasks willingly or unwillingly

04:35

THE PARADOX: HUMANS ARE EXTREMELY LAZY AND WE DEFAULT TO INERTIA UNLESS CIRCUMSTANCES PUSH US INTO ACTION (action often related to humanistic fate tasks)

04:58

SOLUTION - SEEK TO GAIN AN UPPER HAND AND BE THE FIRST TO MOVE TOWARDS COMPLETING THESE TASKS- THIS LEADS TO HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT AKA "FATE LEADS US FORWARD"

05:09

But if we ignore "fate" and live a life of inertia and un-intention then they become chains around our neck - we become the "unwilling who fate drags forward" - Cleanthes (or Seneca?)

05:14

THEREFORE THE NEUROTIC ARE THOSE WHO WALK AMONG THE UNWILLING - NEUROSIS SIGNALS THAT YOU'RE LIVING A LIFE UNWILLING TO FATE

05:24

YOU HAVE A FAULTY ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE TASKS OF LIFE

05:35

Jung believed that when our attitude wasn't 100% focused on achieving life's tasks that were when we become unwilling and thus neurosis signalling occurs (kinda like a signal to get back on the right path) --> when we're in a situation where we cannot achieve a certain life task it is best for us to reconfigure our life energy and reapply it to another life task

06:06

Interesting - the "insurmountable blocks" are actually surmountable but the neurotic allow themselves to fall for the fallacy whilst the healthy have the clarity to realise that they can achieve the life task set

06:22

1) Neurotic see's life task as insurmountable 2) Neurotic retreats from accomplishing life task 3) One part of the Neurotic's identity battles with the other (you can achieve this task vs no you cannot) 4) A LOT of energy is wasted in this useless mental civil war 5) Around this point Neurosis signalling occurs to show that you're walking among the unwilling and allowing yourself to become a slave to your own fate/ own fate to drag you/ become your master

07:10

The energy which should be used to overcome the life tasks flows, instead, to obsolete memories and past events!

07:24

If we cease to continue moving forward with the tasks of life we automatically regress into our past - infantile, modes of adaptation

07:31

This regression in response to our internal mental conflict/civil war is what CAUSES THE NEUROSIS!

08:12

Even though the symptoms of neurosis are uncomfortable and a struggle to endure - Jung believes they're an important way for our mind to signal to us that we are descending down a dangerous path! If we continue we'll end up in a vicious cycle where we retreat from life and regression from growth occurs → we notice our regression from growth which heightens our resistance to life even more → repeat

08:16

In the midst of being caught up in our own Neurosis, we ASK OURSELVES WHY WE ARE THIS WAY AND WHAT CAUSED US TO REACT TO THE TASKS/CHALLENGES OF LIFE IN THIS WAY

09:05

Jung states that there isn't a one-size-fits-all explanation of why ppl reacted a certain way when faced with life tasks and thus suffer from neurosis → could be genetics, parental upbringing, but for most ppl, it's likely to be a combo of genetic and env

09:32

OK NOW THAT I KNOW ABOUT WHERE NEUROSIS STEMS FROM AND WHAT IT ACTUALLY SIGNALS WHAT CAN I DO TO BREAK IT? → WILL EXPLORE JUNG'S IDEAS ON THIS IN FUTURE PLAYLIST VIDS

09:42

JUNG DOES BELIEVE THAT THE BEST WAY TO OVERCOME A NEUROSIS IS TO CONSTRUCT SOMETHING NEW - WE MUST LOOK FORWARD NOT BACK AND BRING A NEW ATTITUDE TO LIFE - SO WE CAN SHOW UP AND ACCOMPLISH OUR LIFE TASKS AND BECOME THE MASTERS OF OUR OWN FATE AND NOT THE UNWILLING DRAGGED SLAVE

[MattLourens]

This also reminds me of Viktor Frankl's Logotherapy where in his book Man's Search for Meaning
he emphasizes that we can always control our attitude towards a situation no matter the circumstance, and that the freedom to do so is one of our greatest abilities:

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

Like Jung, Viktor Frankl also suggests that we should work on our attitude towards a situation and not let the situation itself become a mental barrier that we can't look past(which will cause internal conflict as stated by Jung).

[eileenmacdougall]

I was watching something on tv, a psychologist who worked with people at an airport who were afraid to fly. She said the worst thing you can do when you have a panic attack is to deny it, it makes it worse. I was getting them while driving. It helped me. plus I heard a person say our brains can confuse anxiety with excitement. I found that true too.

[alpinfernanda]

I will accept this video as a sign for me to move forward on my treatment, leaving the past behind and moving on into the present. Carl Jung is one of my biggest motivations to continue to develop myself during psychotherapy.
This channel is also helping me so much I can't have the words to show my gratitude.
I can't wait to see the next part!

[ddcristo]

"We're addicted to laziness" I'm not so sure about that. I felt like I was pretty productive and motivated prior to being crippled by anxiety and depression.

[dattagrace]

Don't we just LOVE the sound of his voice?