The Shadow: Become Who You're Afraid To Be

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  • @ayyyyyu1988
    @ayyyyyu1988 9 місяців тому +453

    "Would you come upstairs?" is a symbol of bringing the unconsciousness to conscious. "Yes. Thank you" symbolized the understanding that finally it got, and a chance to have dialogue with its owner

  • @JustHarrison
    @JustHarrison 8 місяців тому +256

    In case you didn't get it: the monster was the repressed parts of Bertrand that he had to suppress in order to be accepted into his family/society when he was young. Because he wasn't allowed to be his authentic self as a child, when he grew up he worked a job he didn't care about while letting himself be abused, the way his family/school abused him as a boy. This is why he didn't like being around people. He didn't have a good relationship with the adults in his life when he was young.
    A good example would be if you were gay and living in a society that says you can't be gay because it's a sin. You don't stop being gay, you just drive that part of yourself into the unconscious where it stays until it reappears later in life as "the monster." Jung actually says the shadow contains the gold of your soul. It's the parts of you that are valuable but you weren't allowed to acknowledge in youth because of judgements, criticisms, and the small-mindedness of the people that raised you. Repression requires large amounts of energy which a young person has. That's why you tend to meet your shadow during mid-life, sometimes known as the mid-life crisis. Your youthful energies are failing which brings you face-to-face with the parts of yourself you were taught were "bad" (thus they appear as monsters). But when you accept those parts, you find that they're sources of rejuvenation, which leads to a kind of "second birth", giving the second half of your life new meaning. Another famous Jung quote is "Life begins at 40. Everything before that is just research." :)

    • @JustHarrison
      @JustHarrison 8 місяців тому +9

      Also, BRAVO! Great video!!

    • @vanilla_bd
      @vanilla_bd 7 місяців тому +8

      beautifully put

    • @tiffanyclabrie
      @tiffanyclabrie 6 місяців тому +3

      Perfectly stated! As a 42 year old who is currently integrating my shadow, I completely agree❤

    • @Anna_kandy
      @Anna_kandy 4 місяці тому

      Lol if you wanted to be gay and then grow up to be gay, there's nothing repressed. Gays usually are flamboyant and overly expressive as they're encouraged by society to be delusional.

    • @jovifidelis
      @jovifidelis 3 місяці тому

      Yoooo, a TDS youtuber, nice.

  • @SpeedUpThatComputer
    @SpeedUpThatComputer 10 місяців тому +1142

    The "monster" is basically a shadow of ourselves. We cannot destroy it but we can acknowledge it and try to understand it. Through learning about it we can develop into a better and more whole person.

    • @fazialado9194
      @fazialado9194 10 місяців тому +11

      👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

    • @jrca99777
      @jrca99777 10 місяців тому +3

      Suicide ? :p

    • @josiahamaze
      @josiahamaze 9 місяців тому +14

      The end to the battle is realizing there is no monster. We've been conditioned to think we're monsters.

    • @JtRiddell
      @JtRiddell 9 місяців тому +6

      ​@@josiahamaze what makes you think people aren't, or can't be monsters?
      If a person is unaware of the darkness we holds in our hearts and minds, I can't hold much hope for the future of humanity.

    • @JtRiddell
      @JtRiddell 9 місяців тому

      If only learning about "the monster" were that easy. Mine is hardly trying to have a conversation, or I'm far too dense to understand or hear it.

  • @_uncredited
    @_uncredited 10 місяців тому +2199

    I suspect the shopkeeper and the monster are in cahoots. Those elixirs won't sell themselves.

    • @Daniel2-f6f
      @Daniel2-f6f 10 місяців тому +111

      Reminds me of how expensive therapy is

    • @LuisSierra42
      @LuisSierra42 10 місяців тому

      @@Daniel2-f6f yep, journalists are in cahoots with therapists, hyping up mental health and such

    • @Yoshemo1
      @Yoshemo1 10 місяців тому

      ​@@Daniel2-f6f Therapy is expensive because it is stuck in the medical insurance system, which artificially raises the cost of providing care. I know many therapists who see as many clients for free as they can fit in their schedule, and only charge the minimum that health insurance will allow for the rest. Doctors want to help people, but when money interests get involved it messes things up.

    • @AmaraYeo
      @AmaraYeo 10 місяців тому +32

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @parsley88
      @parsley88 10 місяців тому +9

      :)))

  • @burstingolem8023
    @burstingolem8023 10 місяців тому +341

    That "thank you" hit much harder than expected

    • @JtRiddell
      @JtRiddell 9 місяців тому +10

      If I were able to have this type of conversation with 'that which screams in my head', I'd be thankful, as well.

    • @marinjuranic9019
      @marinjuranic9019 9 місяців тому +5

      Thank you.

    • @AddictedGamer-tt6xn
      @AddictedGamer-tt6xn 8 місяців тому

      yep

  • @edefedd3121
    @edefedd3121 10 місяців тому +3467

    Before he changes the title, the current title is: Sympathy for Monsters

    • @antuan9325
      @antuan9325 10 місяців тому +137

      Why does he change it

    • @BrainDonors
      @BrainDonors 10 місяців тому +1

      @@antuan9325he wants reach

    • @DontwatchB
      @DontwatchB 10 місяців тому +372

      @@antuan9325algorithm fishing I guess..

    • @agmhelena7266
      @agmhelena7266 10 місяців тому +26

      no it wasnt

    • @user-zp8kj2cl9g
      @user-zp8kj2cl9g 10 місяців тому +124

      Let's hope he doesn't delete your comment.

  • @1010ansh
    @1010ansh 10 місяців тому +590

    Carl Jung philosophy of confronting our shadow is the message accordng to me. The more we try to hide monsters inside us the more we become like it, unfortunately the world does not give us the privilege to reveal our monsters. The ones who don't find an outlet succumb to their inner monsters before the world can understand or help them.

    • @urban_phantom7750
      @urban_phantom7750 10 місяців тому +13

      Watch what is happening in Gaza and ask yourself again if people are hiding their inner monster

    • @CorruptDemocratsJ6
      @CorruptDemocratsJ6 10 місяців тому

      @@urban_phantom7750 Interesting you choose only gaza and not ukraine/russia or anywhere else. We're talking on a more relatable individual person to person basis, not military industrial complex globalists/democrat/uniparty geopolitical manuevers often carried out behind false flag operations. israel should definitely chill out, but most of us know how jews are. go research more on blackrock and the corporations/Elites that are in control of The West.
      President Trump 2024! biden/obama regime and their trillionaire funders started these wars, told netanyahu they'd back him up just like zelensky.

    • @JimBillyRayBob
      @JimBillyRayBob 10 місяців тому +34

      Once you have accepted your flaws. no one can use them against you.
      - Tyrrion Lannister

    • @fisheads
      @fisheads 10 місяців тому +12

      ​@urban_phantom7750 Voltaire said Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
      I am so far removed from what's going on in Gaza in every way that it's hard to tell who the monster is

    • @fisheads
      @fisheads 10 місяців тому +2

      Could be Nietzsche, Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

  • @8DiegoMarchi8
    @8DiegoMarchi8 10 місяців тому +687

    As someone who grew in a abusive home very similar to the one described in this video, the struggle to accept this monster that was nourished with rejection and violence is very real. It takes a lot to face your traumas and break the cycle. Bertrand shows this by trying to fight it head on or by numbing himself. But ultimately it would always lead back to the hatch in the basement, what I envision as the unconscious. In other words, the monster will remain there until you are able to embrace it without judgment, letting yourself feel accepted as you are, because the monster itself is literally a part of you.

    • @taketheredpill1452
      @taketheredpill1452 10 місяців тому +13

      Well done

    • @menghan9260
      @menghan9260 10 місяців тому +16

      I didn't understand this video until I read your beautiful short comment.

    • @martino1712
      @martino1712 10 місяців тому +12

      Man, you said it in an incredibly beautiful way

    • @ShaunXzb
      @ShaunXzb 10 місяців тому +5

      nice resume

    • @deviousj5868
      @deviousj5868 10 місяців тому +7

      How does one do it?

  • @fatherburning358
    @fatherburning358 10 місяців тому +230

    After almost 40yrs of weaponry and elixir I now talk with my monster. It's hard work for us both. Little by little we understand each other. We no longer need weapons and elixir, but sometimes we get triggered by the outside world and need to retreat to the basement. Sometimes we have a really good day together, those are nice.

    • @JtRiddell
      @JtRiddell 9 місяців тому +6

      How?
      I'm sorry but I'm far too jaded and tired for this type of comment and no answer.
      If you're trying to be poignant and cute, no hate or disrespect, but it isn't required. It gives a false sense of hope and that's the last thing people in my situation need.
      However, if you know of a way, I'm begging you to share.

    • @fatherburning358
      @fatherburning358 9 місяців тому

      @@JtRiddell it is poignant for me. I'm 53 with a 37 yr alcohol problem now almost 1yr behind me. A long, grinding road of suffering. A road paved with shame and self hatred, and still wet with my tears man. You want to know how I got here? Which is just a place of not feeling ashamed to my core, not hating myself and not thinking it would be ok if I got a terminal disease and died in a couple of weeks. It's nothing more than that. Acceptance. That's all it is. After that my lifelong tendency to self directed inner rage got a bit quieter. I thought wtf. I consume a lot of content, cptsd, philosophy, psychology, health, alcohol sobriety,(habits v2. Kevin Ohara) and much more. I made a decision to accept where I was, lift my head up and look forward. Simple as a decision for my self. I trusted myself for the first time I can remember. Easy? Fuk no. Easy now? No. Constant vigilant self awareness? Yes. A little bit more peace of mind and self trust every week? Yeah. Slowly. Like I said, sometimes monster and I have a really good day but sometimes not. Appreciate you reaching out. Hope I've explained a part of my journey clearly. Be well friend. You do have some agency. 💪👍

    • @fatherburning358
      @fatherburning358 9 місяців тому +14

      ​@@JtRiddellsomething strange. I have replied. Took a screenshot so I could remember what I wrote. It's not here now. Don't know why. Yt editing my comments? Who knows.
      Basically my reply was : accepting myself as being the monster. My dark self. Then uniting.
      Cptsd, alcohol abuse, depression, for about 37yrs. Hit bottom. Took responsibility. Got up. Life's hard. Sober helps. I am my monster but I'm more than that now. That's just my story. Nothing special. 👍

    • @JtRiddell
      @JtRiddell 9 місяців тому +3

      @@fatherburning358 how do you unite?
      It's that unification, that coming together and being whole that I think might be helpful.

    • @fatherburning358
      @fatherburning358 9 місяців тому +17

      @@JtRiddell surrender too...fear, anxiety, shame, guilt, hopelessness, all that about you that you fight. That's what I've learnt from the teaching of others. It has power over you if fight that part of you. It's how some move beyond anxiety, they let it loose in themselves, free to do its worst. Because you no longer resist it, it has nothing to fight. You absorb it, unification of your inner opposing forces. When I stopped fighting myself the inner conversations calmed down. It's a constant process.
      Surrender and go through the chaos, only through it can we emerge out from it. Again it's what I've learnt from others and it's helped me. Surrender accept

  • @vanessahollenbach85
    @vanessahollenbach85 9 місяців тому +31

    Your monster will appear just as youve made a safe space for yourself

  • @OpheliaOnFireNoMore
    @OpheliaOnFireNoMore 10 місяців тому +244

    Sometimes, the biggest monsters are ones that live inside us... They have names. Regret, what could have been, what should have been, If only I had the right people around me, I could have been who I was meant to be. Those are the worst kinds of monsters...

    • @Namaride
      @Namaride 10 місяців тому +28

      hmm you made me think about how im looking at the past. Its never too late to change into something better. Step for step, taking all the time you need instead of wasting that time thinking how it could have been. Thanks mate!

    • @CraftyF0X
      @CraftyF0X 10 місяців тому +5

      O yes I meet Mr. Regret every single day... and we don't get along too well.

    • @wilfredcarin4691
      @wilfredcarin4691 10 місяців тому

      real

    • @daimsaeed
      @daimsaeed 10 місяців тому +1

      Man once you have rhe monster that regret is, no other monster can hurt you anymore

    • @JtRiddell
      @JtRiddell 9 місяців тому +4

      ​@@dkstudioartplease explain how. I'm dying to know.
      Conversations don't work and therapy is way too expensive, even with insurance.

  • @HealthyKaden
    @HealthyKaden 10 місяців тому +381

    I think the message you aim to portray is pretty simple yet immense in its application. I feel like the audience is Bert and the weapons he uses are self-help videos, we try over and over again to use things or excuses we think might help instead of trying to confront our problems.

    • @636Knight
      @636Knight 10 місяців тому +24

      I can't sit with my existential crisis now can I..?

    • @LuisSierra42
      @LuisSierra42 10 місяців тому +12

      It's a metaphor for mindfulness

    • @ChronicHypocrite
      @ChronicHypocrite 10 місяців тому +21

      That's not at all how I interpreted it but it's cool to hear your perspective.

    • @ao11861
      @ao11861 10 місяців тому +4

      Yeah but that takes the fun of the cycle out of it

    • @lpmuzza3274
      @lpmuzza3274 10 місяців тому +2

      Never thought of it that way

  • @harshkumbhar3015
    @harshkumbhar3015 8 місяців тому +8

    The whole world created in this video is Bertrand's mind, the 'Bertrand' is his own conscious thought process and the monster is his repressed former self. His seclusion is him breaking away from obligations placed by other people. All the weapons are ways to repress his 'unwanted' self(monster) and all the defeats he faced represent his own repressed self's wish to be expressed freely. Him talking to the monster is acknowledgment of the repressed self and inviting it upstairs is letting it be expressed. And the hatch in the basement is the depth of his unconscious where his old self resided.
    I love this metaphor, and this video is amazing! And it ends on the perfect note of the monster getting acknowledged when Bertrand's battle truly ends and he is set free...
    Wow!!!

  • @Zazabazaa
    @Zazabazaa 10 місяців тому +47

    I remember my mom once saying "when I grew up, I was under the impression that everybody understood that we need to learn from the mistakes of our parents and do better than them. Turns out I was so very wrong!" When we were talking about the fathers of me and my sister.
    She feels she failed us through her choices, as they all held similarities to her mother when she was abusive. Making it so that even though my mom didn’t become what she hated, her choice in partners did that for her.

    • @JoshuaMiller-rw3sj
      @JoshuaMiller-rw3sj 8 місяців тому

      afraid of being Jesus Christ and becoming pure and holy , it's been a point of denial for years , so much so I thought I was Joshua general , even went so far as not saying his name.
      Miss you best friend and baby momma Jennifer Christine lamprecht Christina Isabelle whomever you are you brought magic to my life and true love.
      Also never be afraid of the acult baby there nothing vs my metaphysical buhhdist sword, the sword of prasna.
      Stay safe I feel your in grave danger a sex trafficking ring something terrible.
      Stay safe .

  • @jdavid50
    @jdavid50 8 місяців тому +4

    The climax where he is trashing his house and buying weapon after weapon was really good. You had me captivated.

  • @Stuckin92
    @Stuckin92 9 місяців тому +37

    This story feels like a metaphor for how complex trauma manifests. Like a monster living in our own basement. And we’re still fighting it like it’s the enemy. But it’s just a part of ourself that’s left behind, angry, and wounded. And we have to stop fighting it in order to heal it.
    That’s how I experienced this story. 🖤

  • @DOCTOROFTT996
    @DOCTOROFTT996 8 місяців тому +20

    There is an african proverb, when there is no enemy within the outside enemy can do you no harm.❤

  • @GloryBlazer
    @GloryBlazer 10 місяців тому +76

    the shopkeeper is an absolute chad for keeping it real.

    • @mynameislove1704
      @mynameislove1704 7 місяців тому +4

      That shopkeeper guy has been through a lot of shit i thought

    • @anewcareerinanewtown
      @anewcareerinanewtown 3 місяці тому +1

      @@mynameislove1704 He seemed like that weary old man who has seen it all before and knows exactly how it ends

    • @mynameislove1704
      @mynameislove1704 3 місяці тому +4

      @@anewcareerinanewtown i want to be that type of old man someday hahaha

  • @ellie698
    @ellie698 10 місяців тому +92

    Accept the "monster", it's part of you.
    Listen to it, make friends with it, accept it, parent it, show it love and compassion
    It's not your enemy, it's just the part of you that got suppressed and shut away, the part of you that wasn't accepted and embraced.
    It just needs you to see it, accept it, embrace it
    It's not a monster, it's the part of you that you weren't allowed to be.
    It's yearning to be held but doesn't know how else to express itself.
    It's hurting. It's you.

    • @luenanda4432
      @luenanda4432 9 місяців тому +5

      Poetry

    • @MONARCH_FLIES
      @MONARCH_FLIES 9 місяців тому +5

      But… Im so afraid! The monster is so ugly. It is cruel. It is disgusting and it is bitter. If others see it’s inside me, what if they wouldn’t love me anymore? I’m afraid.

    • @limitlessfelh1109
      @limitlessfelh1109 7 місяців тому +1

      @@MONARCH_FLIES The only person that needs to love you is you!!

    • @zamakhanyile2447
      @zamakhanyile2447 3 місяці тому +1

      thank you.... this is also what I got out of it... very deep

    • @ellie698
      @ellie698 3 місяці тому

      @@MONARCH_FLIES
      They will love and accept you if you love and accept yourself.
      We're all flawed and vulnerable.

  • @psychedelicartistry
    @psychedelicartistry 9 місяців тому +19

    Yung said there is gold in the shadows. One time, when I took LSD, I was sitting there in my dark room, and saw evil looking shadowy faces that were smiling menacingly at me. I thought to myself "Here it is, the darkness, here's the gold" and sat there and watched and observed them without judgement. I felt so great afterwards.

  • @captindo
    @captindo 10 місяців тому +115

    I had that experience two years and have been great since. I’m a veteran that felt guilty over my roll in being part of a military, and that soldier side of me, it ain’t evil, it’s just part of me that can be used for good or evil. Once you win against that inner darkness, and accept it, you can grow.

    • @Triangel369
      @Triangel369 10 місяців тому +4

      Same brother

    • @TheBorderRyker
      @TheBorderRyker 10 місяців тому +4

      I hear you. 🙏🏻

    • @yoi1818
      @yoi1818 10 місяців тому +3

      Can you explain, I haven't been in the military

    • @captindo
      @captindo 10 місяців тому +27

      @@yoi1818 Well, when I was 17 I was in high school when the towers fell. I’m Canadian and hold strong feelings for my brothers and sisters to the south so, I joined the infantry to hunt down and kill terrorists. Turns out things were much more complicated then I thought. I had to make a choice whether or not to kill a, a 12 year old shooting at our camp. We chose to let him go. I made every excuse as to why we couldn’t kill him, turned out I just didn’t have it in me, nor my buddy. He was a genuine sniper ( we only had pt kit on with one times rifle and one pistol between us because our base was attacked), I was a marksman but, we let the kid run away as we figured he was to far away to be affective. I was pissed of with my self for along time, not because of our decision but, that I’d put myself in the situation in the first place. We were sold lies, and we did the bidding of liars and thieves. I was wrong, I trusted my government and was completely deceived why we were in Afghanistan, and I let them mold me into some kinda of monster. I’ve since made peace with that inner darkness and even accepted that violence side of me as being a protector to my family and community if shit hit the fan.

    • @tygerk2372
      @tygerk2372 10 місяців тому +6

      ​@@captindoCan you recommend anyone who gives a good recount of the deception involved with all of that?
      I appreciate what you've shared so far, but don't want to burden you with a question that might require writing a book here in the comments section.
      I just want to know where to look to get a better perspective of all that happened.

  • @cruzgun7774
    @cruzgun7774 10 місяців тому +6

    "Everyone carries a shadow and the less is embodied, the balcker and denser it is" C. Jung

  • @hansgunnoo5159
    @hansgunnoo5159 10 місяців тому +29

    Thats true for me. Over 2 months ive become a person my old self would have hated. Hope i can still change myself

  • @Unloved_truly
    @Unloved_truly 10 місяців тому +13

    I’ve been on hard drugs for awhile now but been on the fence about quitting, this vid gives me a lil hope.

    • @jakeg3126
      @jakeg3126 10 місяців тому +6

      Good luck! If not, be safe with the drugs, all that tainted stuff going around.

    • @gaelleflorack3630
      @gaelleflorack3630 9 місяців тому +4

      Good luck to you.
      The hardest part is becoming able to be self loving and compassionate towards one self...
      It is getting rid of the shame and the self hate....
      (Coming from a french person living in France)

  • @davida1606
    @davida1606 9 місяців тому +3

    The willingness to being open minded/mindful/self critical, and facing your fears and insecurities, the truth about yourself and inner struggles. So that they no longer have the power of "fear of the unknown" over you. The monster symbolizes our need to cleanse and heal ourselves towards having peace of mind and sanity. In the light (enlightenment) and quietness we find that peace, beauty and serenity. As we should have had all along.

  • @nowhereman6019
    @nowhereman6019 10 місяців тому +50

    Humanities true greatest power is empathy.

    • @ouvouvwevwavweenjat3566
      @ouvouvwevwavweenjat3566 10 місяців тому +1

      @My_pfp_beats_all_dog_breeds. Alright they can choose to keep on rotting in this earth, humans are blinded by their illusions, and it doenst matter if they keep on surviving and reproducing because one day humans will go extinct and that is getting closer and closer. I will never reproduce more humans into this earth.

    • @ouvouvwevwavweenjat3566
      @ouvouvwevwavweenjat3566 10 місяців тому +1

      @My_pfp_beats_all_dog_breeds. One of the many things that bothers me about humans is how they keep on reproducing, this is the biggest flaw of all living creatures but more for humans since they are aware of how rotten and dispicable life is. Yet they let their instincts take over and they reproduce. And by that mistake more life keeps on existing forcefully without a choice, i have been forced into this earth full of expectations and demands from other humans even tho i never asked for this, and now im imprisoned into this trash system made by humans to keep me enslaved and work until i die.

  • @jayl5032
    @jayl5032 10 місяців тому +14

    I too am like Bertrand. I don't care for the company of people. They exhaust me quickly, and I can only be around them for a few hours at most.
    It's tiring. I hope you all don't end up like me.

    • @pixpusha
      @pixpusha 8 місяців тому +2

      I am like this. It's tiring.

    • @mcaa-t8642
      @mcaa-t8642 4 місяці тому

      probably a sign of autism/aspergers, I've always been the same and only found out what it was recently

  • @God-Wisdom-Daily
    @God-Wisdom-Daily 10 місяців тому +12

    Exploring 'The Shadow' and its reflection on becoming what we hate is truly profound. Looking forward to gaining insights and reflections from your thought-provoking content!

  • @samantha4713
    @samantha4713 10 місяців тому +12

    We were all born innocent and loved. The environment around him is all that he knows and feels. He invited his demons into his reality. In the end we have to be self aware and accept the accountability of what is within us.

    • @SysOpQueen
      @SysOpQueen 10 місяців тому

      Das ist eine nette idee, aber sie stimmt nicht. Nicht jeder wird geliebt oder gewollt geboren. Einige der Monster, von denen wir sprechen, sind Babymörder, die es aus sportlichen oder egoistischen Gründen getan haben.
      Die idee, Mitleid mit Monstern zu haben, geht verloren, wenn man nicht zuerst die übel der welt vollständig versteht und sich eingesteht.

  • @francescosaadeh357
    @francescosaadeh357 10 місяців тому +8

    We really need follow-up explanation videos! Your storytelling skills are insane!!! Also, a big thank you to whoever is animating these videos!

  • @metalfenix
    @metalfenix 6 місяців тому +1

    This vid is amazing, I can relate to it so much. During my whole life I've suffered from depression, periodic suicidal thoughts, a deep internalized homophobia (+30 yrs in the closet does that).
    Out of chance, last year, thanks to hypnosis (I was skeptical of that) I met, face to face, with my shadow self. The one I constantly repressed, it's really ugly, but as people point out, he has some beautiful qualities, such as not caring what everyone thinks of (whereas me I always lived thinking on what others would think), and he embrace his (or our) gayness so much... it was revealing. We agreed to form a team, and slowly I've been tackling many problems this very year, like coming out of the closet, now I can handle my depression episodes a lot better, etc...
    It's still rough, and I'm FAR from recovered but I realize now that... life doesn't have to be the dark tunnel I always thought. It's a journey, but now I cooperate with my shadow self, because at the end, it's just myself. The process of acceptance is long and hard, but it has to be started somewhere.

  • @JoshuaPhilipDagami
    @JoshuaPhilipDagami 8 місяців тому +1

    We should treat the “monster” (which most of the time, ourselves) with acceptance, empathy, and love.
    After all, all deserves to love and be loved.

  • @zacharyperez2427
    @zacharyperez2427 8 місяців тому +2

    "When fighting monsters, make sure to never become one" - Friedrich Nietzsche

  • @JoshuaDb_The_Witness
    @JoshuaDb_The_Witness 10 місяців тому +25

    speaking as an adult, who received a light and life, AU,ADHD, diagnosis, to me what you are describing is a combination, of childhood trauma, or complex post, traumatic stress disorder, and neurodivergent masking. I was physically and emotionally abused as a child, one parent in control, the other one unavailable. I was beaten, ran away from home, constantly, highly curious, but be set with learning disabilities, and due to the years, I was in elementary school, the 70s and 80s 80s, high functioning, autism, and ADHD, we're not as well understood. now, just because one is masking doesn't mean one has a neurodivergent brain. But there are differences between, "narcissistic defenses ", and "neurodivergent masking ". further, just someone has developed "narcissistic narcissistic defenses ", does not make them a person who is suffering from narcissistic personality disorder. People tend to forget, that narcissism, is a character trait that all human beings have, it only becomes problematic, or "pathological "when it is the only way an individual deals with the world. I just want to make sure I'm being very clear which is a function of my autism lol. I have nothing more to add, I just felt it an important point to share. I have always enjoyed your videos.

    • @SpiKSpaN-ei6zq
      @SpiKSpaN-ei6zq 10 місяців тому +1

      I know this all too well 😢

    • @farhanahmad953
      @farhanahmad953 9 місяців тому

      Sir did u say adhd and au ?
      Pls I need ur advice
      So I have this friend who has both adhd and autism. I don't know how to make do anything or to help him with his self esteem issues. Please give any sort of advice sir

    • @JoshuaDb_The_Witness
      @JoshuaDb_The_Witness 9 місяців тому +2

      I'm sorry comrade- all you can do is be patient, remain, present and listen. ❤

    • @farhanahmad953
      @farhanahmad953 9 місяців тому

      So like I just give them time ?
      Ok I may try that
      But also if there's something that needs immediate fixing do I do it for them or urge them to do it ?

    • @JoshuaDb_The_Witness
      @JoshuaDb_The_Witness 9 місяців тому +2

      @@farhanahmad953 I assume this friend is an adult? If that's the case they get to decide what is important and what isn't.
      If you really want to help- and not attempt to change them- simply ask them what they need. That's all you can do.

  • @uchihamadara8693
    @uchihamadara8693 10 місяців тому +63

    I can relate to every line in your video. Beginning from being abused as a child which happened to me both physically and verbally by my parents to being bullied and abused from teachers and peers at school , to grow up as an angry person who his filled of vengeance and hatred . I know exactly how it's difficult to communicate with others and exactly like your protagonist i don't bear being surrounded with people rather i prefer being alone despite that as a child i was really social . Also i am desperate to leave the hole country not just the neighborhood. I do suffer from anxiety , stress , and troubles in speech though i am not mentally retarded at all , I always had been one of the first ranked students on the class and i taught myself hell a lot of useful things like multiple languages and also i have huge passion for reading and learning . But constantly i feel the squeezing pain on my head accompanied with images of me being beaten by my parents , screamed at , when the father spitted on my face , and when the mother used to beat me with a wire . But fortunately thanks to my desire to learn and thanks to this channel and many other resources that became available to me when i learned english i became able to dive into my unconsciousness and to know exactly what happened to me without running of the pain . And i can relate also to the part of not fighting the shadow but rather to invite it to my table . I am still 24 and still i have a hell a life in front of my eyes , i want a clean life , i would rather end my life than to be abuser like my parents who they themselves used to tell me how much abuse they received when they were children. I relate to this part because i knew for sure that this pain might never go and the only way to insure a good peaceful clean and decent life without being mentally ill or abuser and miserable is by accepting my pain and becoming a friend to him . Thank you for this video 🙏

    • @8DiegoMarchi8
      @8DiegoMarchi8 10 місяців тому +14

      Be proud to be the one that stops this cycle of violence. There is a saying "Pain travels through generations until it arrives on someone who is strong enough to feel it all."
      I can relate so much with this video and your testimony, thank you all and I wish you peace.

    • @uchihamadara8693
      @uchihamadara8693 10 місяців тому +7

      @@8DiegoMarchi8 thank you so much for this saying . I wish you peace too 🙏💙

    • @izzydeadyet7336
      @izzydeadyet7336 10 місяців тому +12

      Same but I was an only child. Right from day one I was on my own . I lived in a fantasy world as a child, as a teen and even still but not as vividly as I did as a youth.. I used to reserve my alone time to dwell in my fantasy world And I preferred it to reality and real people.. I even had imaginary enemies as a child. Now at forty I wish I could still live in those vivid imaginary worlds, but the stress of everyday blocks my ability to get passed anxiety thoughts that dominate all.

    • @uchihamadara8693
      @uchihamadara8693 10 місяців тому +7

      @@izzydeadyet7336 i wish you redemption and peace my friend , i know your pain but also i know certainly that we can be stronger than the pain 💙
      also i am also the only child and also i used to pull myself into fantcy world , but at some point fantasies lose their brightness and their power so i decided that i should realize in reality what is realizable from my fantasies . We deserve a good life like everyone else cause non of what happened to us was our fault .

    • @SpiKSpaN-ei6zq
      @SpiKSpaN-ei6zq 10 місяців тому +1

      It's like I wrote this 😔

  • @aaronbradford736
    @aaronbradford736 6 місяців тому +1

    I believe in a balance between restraint and indulgence. Hear your shadow out, sincerely consider their say, but don't wantonly obey them. However tempting it might be.

  • @foxdenham
    @foxdenham 7 місяців тому +1

    That was a terrific short story. A classic understanding retold. I loved the final lines. So much weight and poignancy. Thank you.

  • @De.Druppel
    @De.Druppel 6 місяців тому

    Becoming someone people are afraid of and using fear as my main tool, check!

  • @JoeAClark
    @JoeAClark 6 місяців тому +1

    After the overuse of the Elixer, I finally understood, and cried a bit. I grew up the opposite of Bertrand, but gaining the same Monster. And honestly, I have spent my whole life sitting on the hatch to prevent it from even emerging.

  • @hohoucgguztizi4655
    @hohoucgguztizi4655 10 місяців тому +25

    Just a constant pump of great stuff, we are all gifted to be aware if this channel

    • @izzydeadyet7336
      @izzydeadyet7336 10 місяців тому

      I'm glad so many others feel that way. It seems like everyone in my everyday life have the IQ and depth of a toothpick

  • @deviousj5868
    @deviousj5868 10 місяців тому +3

    I am what I hate. I became what I fear and live in that nightmare every day. I wake up and see myself in the mirror. All the things I didn't want happened to me.😅

  • @vishnug2961
    @vishnug2961 10 місяців тому +16

    Absolutely deep and beautiful

  • @WOK-YT-handle
    @WOK-YT-handle 6 місяців тому

    The way you read this was riveting. “Thud thud thud” I was genuinely nervous to know what was going to be down there! Excellent narration.

  • @_Notomorrow_
    @_Notomorrow_ 4 місяці тому

    the way this script was structured, in my opinion really made it feel like i was reading a book, the vague and ambiguos visuals coupled with the descriptive nature of the script allowed my imagination to run wild and intensify the already strong emotions that are being portrayed, not to mention it had a strong key take away. i had goosebumps the whole time,
    divine video.

  • @mac2phin
    @mac2phin 10 місяців тому +4

    This may have been Robert's best story.

  • @JDBunn
    @JDBunn 10 місяців тому +3

    I always refer to my Shadow as if it's a black dog. When I'm feeling down and whatnot I call it 'walking the black dog'.
    We don't always get along, but I cant imagine facing life without my shadow. As harmful as it can be, it also works as an impeccible balancing tool.

  • @rofo121
    @rofo121 10 місяців тому +4

    Great explanation on how traumas become monsters. The key point is how to realize they exist. As they are buried into the subconscious you need a sort of altered state of consciousness (eg psychedelics or a magical therapist) to release it or at least to make it present.

    • @JoshuaMiller-rw3sj
      @JoshuaMiller-rw3sj 8 місяців тому

      afraid of being Jesus Christ and becoming pure and holy , it's been a point of denial for years , so much so I thought I was Joshua general , even went so far as not saying his name.
      Miss you best friend and baby momma Jennifer Christine lamprecht Christina Isabelle whomever you are you brought magic to my life and true love.
      Also never be afraid of the acult baby there nothing vs my metaphysical buhhdist sword, the sword of prasna.
      Stay safe I feel your in grave danger a sex trafficking ring something terrible.
      Stay safe .

  • @Sir.DavidBruce
    @Sir.DavidBruce 10 місяців тому +5

    What a beautiful story.
    Very relatable.

  • @Slamlucifer
    @Slamlucifer 10 місяців тому +22

    What is your take on doesteovsky saying even monsters can be changed in his book crime and punishment

    • @sebastiaan.6493
      @sebastiaan.6493 10 місяців тому +1

      Dostojevski , next book i am going to read ✌️

    • @SysOpQueen
      @SysOpQueen 10 місяців тому +1

      Weiße Nächte und Eine Dumme Geschichte sind zwei weitere Geschichten von Fjodor Dostojewski, die Ihre Frage beantworten könnten!

    • @Slamlucifer
      @Slamlucifer 10 місяців тому

      ​@@SysOpQueenimma check it our for sure. Thank you for the feed

    • @Here4TheHeckOfIt
      @Here4TheHeckOfIt 9 місяців тому +1

      It was love that enabled the main character to overcome the toxic effects of his shadow. It's amazing how trauma robs you of the ability to give and/or receive love.

  • @reef6826
    @reef6826 10 місяців тому +5

    This is true in my case. I used to be a miserable atheist, who never wanted to get married, and said travel is a waste of time. Now I am Orthodox Christian, Married and Living in Central America.

  • @peculiarlittleman5303
    @peculiarlittleman5303 10 місяців тому +7

    You spot the flaw; you got the flaw. I said that once and nearly got lynched.

    • @Ray-pp5qb
      @Ray-pp5qb 8 місяців тому

      That's cause it's bullshit.

  • @roryspeirs6881
    @roryspeirs6881 8 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for creating another beautiful artwork. This one really resonates with me. Coincidentally, I even lived in Stockbridge for years and moved back to the Scottish Borders. I have been battling the monster for as long as I can remember; perhaps this will help me realise that ultimately, it is a futile act. Thanks again.

  • @ginosk0
    @ginosk0 9 місяців тому +1

    Individuation is the process called, or as Jung prefer to conceptualize it. An action which ones takes the courage to embrace ones darkest thought, and be one with it. Not to challenge, but to mere acknowledge its presence and talked with it. Afterall those "sides" were born within us, and from the experiences we've honed. This video show such an outstanding way to understand it and it is indeed very touching if we have to reflect it.

  • @Rajdeep_
    @Rajdeep_ 5 місяців тому

    that is one of the best lessons a story can give. Truly amazing.

  • @Intjwithocd
    @Intjwithocd 9 місяців тому +1

    I think that monster represents our fear, our uncontrollable desire our SHADOW. Sometimes it's negative to try to be positive. Sometimes it's better to accept negativity, to accept flaws, to accept your shadow. Whether you have this flaw or that one, it's yours...

  • @beastmaster2005
    @beastmaster2005 15 днів тому

    What i understood from this: We just have to accept ourselves as who we are, we are human, it is normal to make mistakes, and it is normal to be judged by people for the actions we think are normal or fun, we have to accept oursleves for who we are and reflect on the mistakes we made and how to improve ourselves to not make those same mistakes again.

  • @AnujShaw-u5f
    @AnujShaw-u5f 10 місяців тому +4

    Your videos are my therapy

  • @chrisl6630
    @chrisl6630 9 місяців тому +3

    Better Title: "Bertrand, his bag of magic mushrooms, and his fucking sword. "

  • @deuteronomy3162
    @deuteronomy3162 Місяць тому

    Yes. Thank you.
    Awwwww so sweet.

  • @DrumzruLe2
    @DrumzruLe2 10 місяців тому +2

    Great work with this. Really… this is gonna help a lot of people, myself included, in understanding the concept of the “shadow”.

  • @ncedwards1234
    @ncedwards1234 10 місяців тому +1

    The lack of clarity for what happens next was my favorite part. i think i have an idea though.

  • @gluten2537
    @gluten2537 10 місяців тому +2

    Everyone eventually becomes the person they fear to be.

  • @patrici509
    @patrici509 3 місяці тому

    Absolutely beautiful.

  • @immigrationadviser4711
    @immigrationadviser4711 10 місяців тому +2

    Reach out to your shadow.
    It projects on others while evil lies within us.

  • @beaumatthews6411
    @beaumatthews6411 10 місяців тому +2

    This likely is the trigger of a potentially incredibly impactful/important chain of events

  • @romsmash415
    @romsmash415 9 місяців тому +1

    Title: the Shadow: become who you are afraid to be
    I was always afraid of being homeless but thanks man. Im running away from my house now. I hope my parents won't find me.

  • @Novastar.SaberCombat
    @Novastar.SaberCombat 10 місяців тому +2

    Reflection is both key and lock.
    "Before I start, I must see my end.
    Destination known, my mind’s journey now begins.
    Upon my chariot, heart and soul’s fate revealed.
    In time, all points converge, hope’s strength resteeled.
    But to earn final peace at the universe’s endless refrain,
    We must see all in nothingness... before we start again."
    --Diamond Dragons (book I)

  • @Telonious_Terp
    @Telonious_Terp 10 місяців тому +4

    I 100% agree, except the word in the title would more accurately be "empathy" not "sympathy"

  • @vickykaushik8764
    @vickykaushik8764 2 місяці тому

    Watching at night, alone and ready to sleep, it got scary as the “eyes opened” in the video.

  • @curioustin1562
    @curioustin1562 7 місяців тому

    Beautiful story. Beautiful storytelling. We need more stories. Stories that faces our current issues. This is beautiful work. Made me cry a good tear.

  • @Goofygagah
    @Goofygagah 9 місяців тому +1

    Scaring me with the amazing storytelling

  • @SpotlessLeopard
    @SpotlessLeopard 4 місяці тому

    What a find this channel is.
    Excellent.

  • @krokodyl1927
    @krokodyl1927 10 місяців тому +6

    It is unfortunate that we don’t get to choose our parents. 🌝

  • @nathanielcueto4880
    @nathanielcueto4880 10 місяців тому +2

    I experienced everything here
    Experiencing the monster of life
    Anxiety

  • @santhymx
    @santhymx 10 місяців тому +4

    One of your best stories so far, truly felt it, thank you.

  • @VinayTirupariReddy
    @VinayTirupariReddy 10 місяців тому +1

    7:27 the flute music in the background is soothing.

  • @davdjimenez1150
    @davdjimenez1150 8 місяців тому

    I feel The original title also elaborates a bit on how we should have a bit of sympathy and understanding for people who have done unspeakable crimes towards others, like the shop keeper says sometimes people grow up in a certain environment that makes them become monsters.

  • @st_Belo
    @st_Belo 10 місяців тому +11

    Yooo the new art style is great i like it

  • @johnragebelleza6245
    @johnragebelleza6245 3 місяці тому +1

    We are the man, the house is our mind and spirit, his job represents our goals and purposes, the weapons is our desires. The monster is the evil inside us, composed by envy, jealousy, hedonism, narcissism and more other character that corrupts us to align with our true nature. Fighting the monster with weapons are useless, as much as spoiling ourselves using materialism as a tool to fulfillment. We destroy our house, forgot our job fighting to kill the monster. Trying to get rid of it with weapons will crash your soul, trying to escape reality to face it will distort your mind.
    As of the last part, welcome it, accept it, embrace it and acknowledge yourself that it's part of your home. It bangs and create sound sometimes, often loud, but you shouldn't be bother for you already know what and where does it come from. Ultimately focus on your job, seek your true purpose and find meaning behind it, understand every part of you so you could be an instrument to enlightened and encourage others to deal rightly with their own monsters.

  • @Dalu-8
    @Dalu-8 8 місяців тому

    I downloaded this video a week or two ago watched it now my head went WoW.

  • @tywalker215
    @tywalker215 10 місяців тому

    That was absolutely incredible. Didn't know i needed to hear that. Thank you

  • @FloatingLeaf1111
    @FloatingLeaf1111 10 місяців тому +1

    We are destined to become that which we despise the most

  • @wallacegreen8744
    @wallacegreen8744 10 місяців тому +5

    Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

  • @dameanvil
    @dameanvil 10 місяців тому +3

    00:00 🏠 Bertrand moves to a secluded countryside cottage to escape societal pressures and find solace.
    03:39 🚪 Strange occurrences unsettle Bertrand, leading him to confront a mysterious monster in his basement.
    07:54 ⚔ Bertrand's attempts to fight the monster with various weapons and elixirs prove futile.
    10:15 💡 A wise shopkeeper advises Bertrand to communicate with the monster rather than fight it.

  • @youtubeadmin.8673
    @youtubeadmin.8673 10 місяців тому +4

    6:48 threw himself on the floor & started twerking

  • @sanskarsingh7039
    @sanskarsingh7039 8 місяців тому

    ig the moral is , instead of being harsh and judgmental towards people ,sometimes all people need is someone to talk to someone to listen and everyone has their share of monsters that people keep hidden ,locked away. A simple chat, conversation is sometimes more than enough to deal with it . Be kind extend a helping hand to those in need around you

  • @bhumikasingh5194
    @bhumikasingh5194 10 місяців тому +1

    omg the fact that i did kind of get consumed in what I hated, i hated the achievers section so much, I began working hard in 2022 to prove normal people are better than those oppressors and then the 2023 I became part of it, I cried so much and like tried to break walls to just get out of it, I don't what that shit depression or just temporary sadness, I began trying ways to suicide, I also got some past bullied cases with the students who were in that fockin achievers section, I literally fell apart, I started threatening my family ill kill myself or will ran away or burn the house down if they don't talk to teacher but the fockin teacher rejected and kept me caged in that section, man yo just for a section I kind of ruined my 2023 and even got into self harm shit, laffies taffies yo, but now as 2024 approached I feel much better just one clump of final exams to jump and crack and here ill be free from this sack, recovering guys, be safe world is cruel out there

  • @split_jcgg9613
    @split_jcgg9613 9 місяців тому

    The end was sick.. good job and thank you for the post I thought I had it figured out

  • @yugen5132
    @yugen5132 10 місяців тому +1

    this is the illusion of awareness

  • @lifematters687
    @lifematters687 6 місяців тому

    Visually stunning as well❤

  • @moosepatil5946
    @moosepatil5946 10 місяців тому

    Fight the monster for too long, and you'll be consumed and become a narcissist; You will become what you despise. Accept yourself for who you are and make your peace with those who don't.

  • @daniel2361-o1l
    @daniel2361-o1l 10 місяців тому +1

    I'm not gonna lie. I did a little victory fist pump at the reveal.
    Because my first inclination when the monster appeared was to say hi.
    It's taken me a long time and a lot of pain, but I made peace with my monsters after years of hating them and the fact that now my reflex was to say hi to the random monster when it appeared, not knowing the point/reveal the end of the story...I...it feels really good to know that time and pain wasn't wasted.

  • @HittokiriBatosai
    @HittokiriBatosai 9 місяців тому +1

    I fully expected the monster to be a giant mirror

  • @tjmozdzen
    @tjmozdzen 6 місяців тому

    I find that the comments are more enlightening to me than the video. I’m thankful that the video doesn’t relate to me. I thank the people who have made helpful comments.

  • @mrinaalbanerjee
    @mrinaalbanerjee 10 місяців тому +3

    Jung is proud 👏

  • @Anna_kandy
    @Anna_kandy 4 місяці тому

    I think the monster represents the part of us that we're scared of or maybe detest. We often go to war with it instead of trying to understand and welcome it. We are dual nature, light and darkness. Both eventually work together for our Good according to the gospel of Jesus

  • @jimmyrussell6543
    @jimmyrussell6543 10 місяців тому

    Wow!... What a beautiful story!

  • @soucomet98
    @soucomet98 10 місяців тому +1

    Your content is amazing! I like laying in my bed listening your stories looking at the ceiling, it relax me, thank you!

  • @Foreman-pig
    @Foreman-pig 10 місяців тому

    You were the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! Bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness!

  • @squeak5213
    @squeak5213 10 місяців тому +5

    thus is great, is the house still there?
    would love to go

    • @sion7651
      @sion7651 10 місяців тому +4

      you are living in it right now