#ego work

[sadieshavingsex]

What is the point of ego work/shadow work? Honest question because I find the whole thing confusing and right now it sort of seems like a journaling/self-questioning practice that doesn’t have a logical end… like what is the end point and what are the actual steps to get there? Right now I am seeing that you ask yourself a bunch of questions and try to get in touch with yourself but… to what end? How do you employ anything you’ve learned to make your life better, help yourself, etc? I have heard about this concept of detaching from your defensive ego in order to make decisions from your “authentic self,” but I really have a hard time understanding how this would actually work in a real life example, whether it is a real thing that makes sense, or why it would even be beneficial.

#mine #sex therapy #shadow work #ego work #I don’t get it? #therapy #bpd

[lunarleopardblossoms]

Becoming more aware of my ego is such an Experience. The other day I was looking at nail polish and I originally walked away from the aisle because I felt Bad when I held one to carry to the cash register (this is usually my sign to Not get something), but going to pay without them also felt off.

Then it hit me - the feeling I had when holding the nail polish was my ego telling me I shouldn't spend money on silly things for myself. So I went no, you're not winning today bud, and went to grab some AND found out that I could trade in points to get them for free, so I won twofold.

My ego thinks my true self is cringy. I can tell because of all the times I loved something so dearly but was too afraid to express it. Even when people didn't have bad responses I still wanted to keep everything in. In my games education I held back on talking about my favorite games so much, because my ego kept telling me I was not a 'real gamer' if I didn't play certain games; if I didn't spend hundreds of hours playing. I wasn't allowed to speak about it unless I was an expert.

The amount of times I saw people online expressing their love for something freely and I felt envious, it's heartbreaking. My ego has always told me to hold back, is always telling me how others will feel about things I do before I even do them. They always want me to know more. Be better.

I want to just be.

#shi's spiritual journey #ego work #this got a little vent-y oops #I'm okay!! hopefully I can talk about this in therapy soon

[bunnyamyrose]

✨ hear me out: much like shadow work and *integrating* the shadow, ego work and *integrating* the ego (not “getting rid of” either of them). ✨

✨ integration can involve: awareness, acknowledgement, acceptance, healing, balance, etc. (I’ll try to post more about this soon, hopefully.) ✨

✨ integration is about healing and can involve transmutation in some ways. ✨

✨ here’s an article about ego integration / embracing (not diminishing) the ego: https://community.thriveglobal.com/5-clues-you-need-to-embrace-your-ego-not-diminish-it/ ✨

#💖 #love #uwu #sweet #cute #kawaii #hear me out #shadow work #ego work #integration #spirituality #spiritual #healing #heal #mental health #emotional health #health #therapy #therapeutic #tiktok #mystuff #my stuff #myposts #my posts #myvideos #my videos #mywriting #my writing #mine #me

[bia-badoobadee]

Ego work? I'll love to know more about that, thank you.

To be honest I’m not sure myself.

A diagram of Jung’s Map of The Psyche popped up on my Pinterest and after very little analysis I realised I hear a lot about using shadow work to confront yourself, shadow work to better your relationship with yourself, shadow work to heal… you get the idea

But the self in the diagram is where the shadow and ego meet. So why do we have shadow work but not ego work? Wouldn’t we need a balance of both to truly be ourselves? If shadow work is confronting your less desired traits and trauma does that mean ego work is appreciating your good qualities, good memories and achievements? Or is it too heavily influenced by outside forces for us to identify with? Then should we be trying to dismantle it? Would you still be yourself without it? We hear about inflated egos a lot but if you’re finding the balance between shadow and ego you’d be alright wouldn’t you?

I honestly don’t know enough about Jung’s Theory to answer these questions. I’m just inquisitive.

I’m gonna keep adding questions to this the more I think and learn about it so eventually I can come back to it and hopefully answer them.

UPDATE 1: I found these videos by wested_arin that kinda fit the vibes I want in life and worked through her PDFs and I gotta say I’m more in touch with who I am right now, who I was, and who I want to become.

#carl jung #shadow #shadow work #psychology #ego #ego work #self improvement #self growth #self development #self actualisation #self awareness #sprituality #jungian psychology #jungian

[zekepants]

Back on tumblr trying to put a little stop/pause/switch-up on my typical modes of cataloging thoughts and memories.

Feels good.

This summer was complex as fuck. There were countless momentous occasions: my wedding, the purchase of my first home, a new dog, a promotion, my sister’s wedding. And with all of that came the responsibility tied to each blessing.

Now, it feels like we’re settling. And in that settling I am reflecting more than I had the time for during all the transitions and challenges of this summer.

I’m looking at myself, and admitting, and accepting that I really never be able to heal away my past. I will never rise to the valor of my idols, because all idols are false. I must hold my own courage, my own beauty, my own imperfection.

This admission allows for me to more freely prioritize my actions. As I had to do once with my old pal alcohol. I am admitting I am powerless over ego.

I must freely examine the intentions behind my actions: what I choose to share and how, where I am spending my time, and what I am doing in that time.

If my actions do not align with my values and goals then I am not meeting my highest purpose for my highest good which is love and light for all people. This also comes with continuing to practice the repeated acknowledgment that through these actions I align with my purpose, it does not move me closer to the status of those I idolize.

Idols are false. No one is perfect. Progress is not linear. Ego is the enemy.

#return to tumblr #new blog #self improvement #ego work #ego is the enemy #transmasc #transgender #transisbeautiful #trans man #alcholic #recovery #boozefree #work in progress #Spotify

[pancakemolybdenum]

screw it. im posting this too

#autoresponder #alter ego #hs #homestuck #danganronpa #danganronpa thh #can u tell im on a chihiro zine project rn #lovisas art #why do i keep posting at like 9 am? its bc im bored at work and want attention #lil hal

[dollya-robinprotector]

In the light of recent update with some new clothes and the new very beautiful angel wings, of course I have to sum it up with my children

No child of mine should be wearing anything less than extravagant, even if they're an orphan in a r*pe game and not FFXIV

Ahhh~ The joy of drawing feathered wings~~

#Pros of being my OC: You never have to wear ugly clothes #I'm a design artist at heart anyway #To be honest I've objectified priests for too long I literally see a simple and default priest outfit and immediately S W O O N #dollya art #dol pc #dol #dol fanart #degrees of lewdity #Lya the Blossom #Lyah the Emancipated #Kariya the Alter Ego #“Nyan” #Okay I need to be back with works #*slowly back away into the shadow*

[jellolegos]

Greeting her trophy wife

(they’re both the trophy wife)

#supercorp #I feel like that caption makes sense but I also feel like I’ve slept 20 hours collectively this work week #so if it doesn’t let’s just pretend for the sake of my ego that it does

[hiding-under-the-willow]

Thinking about how in date he makes himself look like Mark and so the implication is that he can just make himself look human when he needs to

#atlas.art #artists on tumblr #markiplier egos #darkiplier #not tagging this a bunch cause it's kind of silly #it felt so cursed to make him not monochrome lmao #i mean look if he's running Markiplier TV with Wilford he probably has to like interact with normal ass film/tv industry people sometimes s #another little practice drawing that totally definitely has no nefarious purposes :] #do not worry about the reason why exactly i needed to work out this headcanon right at this moment :]

[ylceon]

dearest blessing

#honkai impact #raiden mei #elysia #herrscher of human ego #my art #comm work

[ryllen]

the masquerade sebek i pulled

maybe by then, he would finally be satisfied . x .

#twisted wonderland #twst #sebek zigvolt #vil schoenheit #twst yuu #twst mc #glorious masquerade #i draw him but whenever i try to find canon material to work on him i be like ... Y E A this GUY can't BE HELPED fshdshd #his ego reminds me of alex BUT HIS IS IN HELLISH DIFFERENT LEVEL FHSDSHH #new year #fanart #cap the fanarts for the whole entire week with this #is what i would like it to be #hngh come on u gotta be serious already !!

[yet-another-haven-of-dollya]

Sending love and affection to all of your bbies. Love them all aaaarh-

WOAH thank youuuu I never thought I would create this many children but skdjsdiosfisi they are loved and I'm so proud!!

between artist and artist if you get to choose one which would you choose I'm totally not asking to get a reason to draw Lyra not at all TTOTT

#dollya ask #dol pc #lya the blossom #lyah the emancipated #kariya the alter ego #the last one has name but not a title I'm working on his character a bit more

[sirenada]

i feel like leo valdez doesn't get the recognition he deserves. like yeah he's a cool boyfriend (he's not, he's a loser. i love him for it tho), but why is everyone forgetting the TALENT this boy has? i mean, he built the complete argo II months later after finding out that he was a demigod. yes, he got help, but from the beginning had the initiative and he nailed it.

#this would totally boost his ego #good for him the poor guy has worked for as long as he can remember #all da ladies love leo #supreme bad boy #lmao #leo valdez x reader #pjo fandom #pjo stuff #percy jackson x reader #heroes of olympus #riordanverse #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson #leo valdez #leo x reader

[spiritonadventure]

#digital #limbus company #lcb don quixote #lcb meursault #lcb yi sang #lcb hong lu #body horror #thank god hong lu's preview dropped while i was still working on this #if they release another preview with this ego i'll cry

[uncanny-tranny]

I think it's only natural to feel anger when somebody isn't "taking your advice" or listening to you about their mental health or what will help them. People want to help people, and the anger comes when you are perceiving somebody as not being receptive but...

It can be a selfish impulse to say that your opinion about their illness is the only thing they need. It isn't about you, even though the advice you give is given by you.

Nobody deserves to suffer, this is true. But, also, nobody deserves to be forced to do things that either won't help or won't be genuine. If somebody isn't taking your advice, there's a reason for it (maybe it's not a good enough reason for you, but this isn't the point). It's okay to be disappointed or angry, but it's not going to help to lash out at them. That is only pouring water onto a grease fire.

#mental health #mental health advocacy #sometimes you DO need to freefall without a parachute. sometimes the 'just get better! ☺️' mindset that's given to us will slowly kill us #the whole 'if you take my advice you'll be free from your illness 😇' saviour complex is honestly something that would have killed me #because it wasn't coming from a place of genuinely helpfulness or what would work for *me*... #...those pieces of advice came from the mindset of how to make everybody else comfortable... #...because it minimized the fact that i was (am) fucking insane and unwell and ill and debilitated... #...the advice came across as sinister because it wasn't about me despite addressing my insanity. it was ABOUT everybody else #and i just got done watching a heartbreaking video about somebody else's decline and i don't want them to suffer... #...but i also don't want to be the cause OF their suffering. my advice for them would be unhelpful i think... #...so i am still heartbroken and sad and maybe angry but that... isn't their fault. they are SUFFERING and VISIBLY so... #...i want their suffering to end in any way that will actually help *them* and not my ego y'know...

[dollya-robinprotector]

I totally forgor I drew these!!

Remember when I was still in the Backroom? Shadow banned? Ye I drew this to make new pin posts for two blogs and I was going to separate them, like one was for ask and answer the other was for arts and w.i.p,... But then I just totally forgor

These are not gonna work now! Now I have Kariya too and I need to include them as well. And also I want to redesign the Heaven Hole Lya, and maybe make something extra for Lyah as well

Wa- since last year 26th October! I was working on redes Heaven Hole Lya as well. God damn now I want to continue this... Should I change the sofa though, I already did its line art, if we include Kariya would it be too cramped with just this one?

#I really hope I can finish these for my kids #gosh so many things I want to do #works in progress #dollya art #dol pc #lya the blossom #kariya the alter ego #lyah the emancipated