So when a dude in bib overalls attempts to be a cop and tells me that I am under arrest, I will think, “Emerald said this is what happens when an adult lets their persona take over their ego and now they believe they really are a cop”. 👍
Persona is the mask that we put on for the world. The ego is the mask we put on for ourselves. They’re both just thoughts compounded overtime. Great video ! 👍🏾
One of the main reasons that I neglected developing my persona was that I always thought it had to be dishonest. But now I realize the necessity of it and don't see it as dishonest anymore. Also thinking about creating my persona as a make-believe game gives me so much more mental freedom and comfort room to try things I always thought were not part of my personality. Like laughing at jokes even when they're not funny lol. Or smiling at people in general. Great video. Thanks for making this.
I'm flattered, but i must give credit where credit is do , I heard Paul Levy say something like this,, pls check him out, he has a new book release video up on UA-cam."Quantum revelation"". thx
Hands down best modern interpretation I have ever heard of Jungian psychology n archetypes. Reading/listening to Jung and other Jungians can be so daunting long term and this is so so refreshing! Thank you a thousand times. Please keep em coming.
Thank you so much for this video ♡ it explained why I was so upset and angry - I was walking around naked - didn't make new persona, I couldn't express myself properly. Oh everything make sense now.
"I am thou... Thou art I... From the sea of thy soul, I come... Come forth Arsene!!!" Btw, very great analysis on Jungian psychology. Very enlightening.
You explain Carl Jung very elegantly, Your analogies are great and paint the picture of the point your making A lot of things you said struck me on a personal level and I thank you for that 💪
I just discover you. It seem I am little bit late to the party, but I loved this video too much to not say thank you! I will keep very close sight on your work. 😉
Enjoyed the explanation. I used to have a lot difficulties with identifying too much with the persona. I`m such a complex creature, people around me get confused about how i behave from one situation to the next. I come across as introverted but then other times i`m extroverted. With age i accepted the many parts of me, and how to work with them.
Thank you. I'm glad you liked it. :) I used to over-identify with my persona in my late teens and early twenties. I was afraid of dying and being forgotten, which made me feel insignificant. So, the way I saw it, my only ability to live on in people's memories came from having a memorable persona. So, my main hope in life was to live a life noteworthy enough to make it into history books. That way, when I died I would still be remembered. And so I lived my life only for the legacy that I would leave after I died. So, I was extremely attached to my persona because I thought it was the only important part of me, and because it was the only way I could avoid insignificance.
I get what you are saying. Seems ppl. in general expect others to be set on one mode of being; acting and responding. I feel instead that my persona accommodates to ppl. and situations. My experience is that some ppl. see it as being "fake" only bc having more depth seems maybe threatening to some. Maybe they feel trapped, they themselves have to be fake and stay on one mode to satisfy their peers/family/church.
If you enjoyed this video, check out my other videos on the Jungian psychological model. The Ego - ua-cam.com/video/9-3qYqKcsis/v-deo.html The Shadow - ua-cam.com/video/9rFDhtabAhg/v-deo.html The Anima and The Animus - ua-cam.com/video/tHgPZ-CEAvk/v-deo.html The Self - ua-cam.com/video/kIiHHfQNQRc/v-deo.html
This is deep and what I thirst to learn....Soo many people today are shallow and propangandized into being superficial, social media driven clones. I hate it...No self development at all.
Helpful! especially the tips to make sure you have a healthy persona. I definitely found that I was a slave to my persona and creating a specific perception at all times. Thanks for explaining jungian concepts for a simpleton like me. I’d also love to hear more on shadow integration! 💖
Thank you! :) I'm glad it was helpful. I have a couple videos about the Shadow, if you're interested. One is an in depth explanation of the Shadow, and the other is about Shadow Work. I'll link them below: ua-cam.com/video/9rFDhtabAhg/v-deo.html - The Shadow ua-cam.com/video/SZ90jN2R9n8/v-deo.html - Shadow Work
Thank you for explaining this clearly without feeling any need to put a Tool song in the background nor having any trippy visuals accompanying what you said. I really dug this. :)
Thank you so much for making this content. I am from the clothing industry. And have been searching for words to explain soul clothes, and true styling. Although aligned to Jungian thoughts and inner work, never found such a simple, complete and subtle presentation on the same. More power to you.
I am so glad I found your channel and your interpretations and analogies! I’ve been doing a lot of work on myself for a couple years now searching for answers etc.. 60 minutes of your insight has been and will be invaluable to me.. Thank you for the work your doing!
A great example of narrow persona would be Rhonda Rousey, she collapsed psychologically when she was defeated twice and her MMA career ended, her entire self image was that of a winner and the toughest female fighter then boom it was gone almost overnight and she didn't know who she was.
I've been feverishly researching both spiritual alchemy and Jungian psychology in an attempt to create a unique analysis of Neon Genesis Evangelion recently, due to a feeling that current analysis videos are missing something (It does not help that the series may as well be an ink blot test, with no true meaning to begin with, but I digress), and I have found your videos to be very enlightening, and much easier to comprehend than reading Jung's works alone. I do enjoy reading his work, but it would surly take almost 3 times as long compared to one of your videos to fully break down what he said. Atop of all this, I've found that I can apply a lot of the information to my own life, something I was startled to find I really needed to do. I myself made the mistake of conflating ego with persona years ago, while also constructing my persona based on something ephemeral. My first car was a 1989 Ford Thunderbird, and I was able to navigate high school quite comfortably with my leather bomber jacket and aviator clad car guy persona, despite my rather timid anime/video game based nerdy nature. Sadly, and inevitably, the car died, taking my ego, and sense of direction along with it. It's been 3 YEARS and I'm only just now realizing exactly why I've found myself in the proverbial frown town since. Talk about a face palm lol! Anyways, thanks for the comprehensive video series on jungian psychology, Its going to help me make one heck of a video analysis/research project! =D (hopefully)
One element that adds a tremendous amount of complexity to the generation of a new persona is that other people are perpetually projecting their thoughts of who or what you are onto you, which will cause you to reinforce your persona if those projections match or to destabilize the persona if they do not. This also mixes together with reputation to further create persona rigidity.
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” “There's no coming to consciousness without pain.” “Like plants, so men also grow, some in the light, others in the shadows. There are many who need the shadows and not the light.” “Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” “To be "normal" is a splendid ideal for the unsuccessful.” “If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.” “Where your fear is, there is your task.” -Carl Jung
Thank you very much this has been enlightening for me . I wish I had access to this when I was going through my formative years it would have helped me no end .my ego was not helpfull to me without a functioning persona .
This is the main issue I am going through, and I am happy that this video is so well explained. Although still I feel like i need help but at least now I know what the issue is. I created a persona on purpose, but is broken after a trauma, so I rejected the person thinking that is all fake, a lie, and I also started wondering if the persona i made was correct or all is wrong. As in the video says, part of the persona i made is to be very alpha but failed to act up to the alpha way and now i am struggling with self loathing for several months.
Nice explation, it was really produtive to thing persona as you introduced. Truly good, thank you for your work, it really meant help know a part of me that i didnt understand as well :3
I'm really enjoying the content you're putting out there. Going through a phase of enforced isolation from people so I can listen to myself and a lot of your content has been really helpful. Thank you
Could you please create a video about "enantiodromia" (Jung defines enantiodromia as "the emergence of the unconscious opposite in the course of time). I love your videos !!
Thanks for your response. I watch your videos often and find them to show your brilliant understanding of Jung and of our conscious mind. I have been an English teacher for about 40 years, now retired from service. I share your videos with my former students. I have a suggestion for you to consider.....please pause during your narration as it takes time for your viewers to grasp your inputs. And modulate your voice and words a bit. This will help your viewers to pay better attention. I hope you don't mind be taking this liberty. Looking forward to watching your videos.
I was into the Goth scene as a teenager as well. I was so Goth, I crapped spider webs! :P As I became an older teenager, I actually discovered I really like colour. I eventually made a style that combines black with cheery bright colors, that way I could have the best of both worlds. I realized I was too identified and was really restricting lot of pleasures in my life as a result of over personification of one specific thing.
Yeah... I was such a goth little shit INTJ girl before times. I actually cared about painting the interior INTJ heaviness, nervousness agitation and melancholy into the exterior... A really scary dark persona!!! Now I'm an ESFP bimbo (because INTJ's have ESFP personas or subconscious), and that is awesome because it works for me! People like it.
An amazing movie that explores the role of the persona in the case of the person with an underdeveloped ego is The Talented Mr. Ripley with Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, and lots of other great actors. I don’t want to spoil any of it, but it is truly a must watch for anyone interested in Jungian themes. And anyone else, for that matter!
Thanks for this video. I was reminded of when I spent time constructing my signature. How I use the bottom part of the capital L of my last name to underline the remaining letters like my 7th grade art teacher showed me. The flourish of the capital S of my first name. How I cross the t. Like the persona, my signature has changed over time bit by bit under my control from that several weeks of signing my name hundreds of times when I initially created it as a teenager.
Great content, very informative. I used to have problems investing in the development of a healthy, functional persona in the process of losing my identification with it.
That's been one of my struggles as well. When I had my experiences of ego transcendence, I tried for years to cease having an identity. That's because, I knew what I had experienced happened because my identity wasn't central in my mind. But I didn't know anything about enlightenment or anything like that. So, I did a lot of guessing and guessing wrong about what would lead me back to that state. So, even to this day, I have a knee-jerk habit of trying to invalidate anything remotely ego related. So, creating a healthy persona has been a lot more difficult for me since those experiences. But I'm trying to work past that tendency and to really drive it home that I shouldn't try to repress my ego because repression isn't the same as transcendence.
Yes. It can be difficult not only because of all the conditioning but because we need to actively invest time and effort to build a healthy/functional persona, so without detachment it's only natural that we give such high value to it and put it in the central stage. There is a subconscious belief in most of us that we would become totally dysfunctional, and thus bring a lot of pain to our lives, if we just drop it, if we let go of narrative, meaning, expectation, hope and purpose and it's funny because that's exactly why we get in our own way to bring the change that we desire, or at least that was truth for me. Like you mentioned, I used to believe that I was pretty much fixed with what I had and that was me, that was my authenticity. It took a long time to lose it's magnetism and the insights that you offer in this video are great to help in the shift of perspective where the Persona/Ego/Mind are no longer a source of identity but only a tool that is available in our human condition.
I love working with personas! I've been doing it for so long that I find it hard to alter them arbitrarily anymore, it always has to be for a transparent reason (such as shadow work), and that can be both really effective and really hard to deal with at times. My big thing lately has been trying to narrow in on a persona to give the most authority, as a sort of persona for when I'm dealing with myself. I understand that consciousness always exists outside of persona, as a sort of outside-looking-in perception that exists in the space between spaces, but at the same time I need to be using a persona to interact with the world and exert my will in any way, so I kind of need an image of myself to take charge when working internally, too. I'm still trying to develop him so he's the most fully integrated and all-encompassing self-image, but I think it's working so far.
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I think the persona is pretty much attitude with an outfit. I've been trying to work on my varying attitudes a lot lately, I feel the more consistently I have a positive attitude the better. Even if I'm in a sad situation like a funeral or hearing bad news I remind myself that nothing is permanent and everything is working towards the better. I still find that I can get caught in a bad attitude when I review my day and then I think about what would have been a better way to view the situation.
Love your videos. I've started reading the Red book by Jung. I wonder of you ever played the Persona games , which are enterely based on junghian psychology?
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wow,you just described perfectly the struggles I'm going through Emerald,bless your soul! My old persona is on life support,I kinda lost my ability to function in society now,even going to the supermarket is a big struggle trying to not look awkward and 'normal'.I have to wear that tired,faded thing everytime I go out. I've expressed so much of myself through my artwork,that I've outgrown that persona...it was just a typical nice guy,easy going persona,but not the real me.Just the limiting version of me. Thanks for the tips on how to sculpt a new persona!It'll be quite the challenge to scultpt a persona that expresses all the personality traits I have,perhaps humour can be one such technique to get the job done! btw...do you write?How do you express yourself? Conscious persona-sculpting,this'll be quite an exciting project! :)
Here is an odd request that I don't do often. Could you address the use of social media in creating a persona in more depth? I'm quite introverted, and I'm noticing the trend of people (including myself) using social media to replace real time human interaction. We get to spend time deciding which face to put on, and the exact words to use to express ourselves more accurately. In real life, things are messy. Hair is messy. I stutter a lot. I spend a lot of time trying to remember that perfect word that I had just moments ago. My persona seems self-sabotaged and comes off as "flighty" or "awkward". Shouldn't we, collectively, be working more on these social skills, and less time on social media? Of course, your channel is the only one I would recommend spending more time on.😉
Your reflections on what society should/shouldn’t could be your inner guidance of your own next steps 🥰 Maybe play around with limiting or eliminating social media and take note of any changes in your life experience 🙂 Edit: oh my gosh I just realized you commented 5 yrs ago! 😂 Now I am curious about how things have changed.
I am always reminden of Roger Smith from American Dad. I recently started to watch American Dad and was amazed to see many of Jungs' concepts in some of the episodes. (and someone still says "it's jst children's stuff" ... )
I'm in a perpetual existential crises of "who the hell am I???" I don't think being able to induce manic episodes helps that. With a few tweaks of the old chemicals in the brain, my whole personality and worldview and values shift. Lmao.
The Diamond Net great, someone on here that makes perfect sense. Thanks for the videos, seems like they could be helpful. UA-cam should have recommended this channel instead of all the other nonsense I've had to sift through, freaking aliens and lizard people and pyramids and biblical prophesies and just endless craziness, pretty sure youtube does that on purpose. Algorithms going "oh, you wanna know about spiritual stuff, you must be a crazy idiot, you'll like these videos then". UA-cam is evil, I swear.
That's a fascinating suggestion; to allow yourself to "play" out a persona. We seem to give up that willingness so early when we our role expectations start to harden in late adolescence. I'm also fascinated by the role social media plays in creating, maintaining or changing a persona,. particularly in the arts. I've been questioning my identity as a "musician" lately; when and how it started and why we feel compelled to maintain that identity.
+The Diamond Net As an INTJ female personality type, I just cracked this would be the way for me to finally have a social life... by creating a persona, I never actually did I only played with like a teenager and left it off. Now I see it is through the aspirational cognitive function or 4th which is Se indulgence for me. And the persona or subconscious side of the mind are the same cognitive functions as the Ego but flipped upside down.
Maintaining a persona can be very draining, as for me it seems to take a constant conscious effort. Would it be so bad to live in a world where no one "had" to create a persona, and we could just truly be ourselves?
What's good about consciously creating a persona is that you can make it simple, flexible, and transparent. So, it doesn't have to be complex and shouldn't take much effort to maintain. If you find you're doing a lot of persona maintenance, it probably is too complex and not truly reflective of your internal experience. But I understand what you're saying. It can be taxing to have to function in the social matrix, especially if there's anxiety about social situations. I tend to second guess the way my persona is coming off in certain social situations. So, it's really nerve-wrecking.
K's Thought Palace .. I often ask myself who am I when no one is looking? For me that's a profound question because I start to realise all the different persona I have created through my life.. and then I feel this deep sadness because I feel I don't really know who I am truly..
@SweetChilli Yes, it can be a depressing thought/feeling to not know our true selves. One way I've been getting a clue came by accident. I'd been making videos, some for one audience, some for another. After almost a year I noticed I was two almost completely different people in those videos, depending who the audience was. BUT - I had not even tried to be different, it was 100% unconscious.
Not sure I can entirepy say I don't use a persona ever. However, the personas I do have are really just different ways of expressing myself. Kinda like windows into my soul. For example in many situations I might say something like, "sushi is orgasmic" or "Sex is good but have you tried this Sushi?" However if I were to say for example be talking to kids, I would most likely be less vulgar, while still expressing the same thing but in a different way. For example "Sushi is fantastic!" Or "Legos are great, but have you tried eating Sushi?" It's like using a different finger to point with, but regardless, what it's pointing to is the same. Metaphorically speaking. When it comes to how I feel I am very rarely not authentic with my feelings and expressing them, however how i do so can vary. Hope this clarified somethings
So the trickster archetype would be one that kind of plays with different personas/impression management but is totally aware of the persona being persona?
what if when you speak to others your not trying to project any (person image or person story) to yourself or to who your speaking to your just expressing yourself without any thought of how you look or how another will perceive you, is there a persona in that scenario?
It's an important and not often talked about thing. I have a hard time with aging because being a young person has been core to my identity for so long (my entire life) and I have many attachments that stem off of that youth attachment. And the problem is that I feel rude asking older people about it (especially women), because it will come off as rude... mostly because aging is seen as bad in society. So, I feel like I have to stumble around in the universe and not know how the coming stages in my life will effect me psychologically and emotionally. And I'm turning 30 within the year! :o
I do not know how to express parts of myself that I’ve been conditioned to think it is socially unacceptable or like I feel so ashamed and disgusted with myself…
I understand that persona have role for proper functioning in the social settings. But then what is the purpose of integrating the personal consciousness and the unconscious( both personal and collective). Or, what is the purpose of shadow work/ meditation... etc??
I take a sludge-hammer to the persona. I realized that's a little dramatic or extreme, however, the finer the grains are the more moldable it is in my opinion and my imagination can run wild with it.
Can we relate a persona to a relationship? For example, if we once dated someone, but now we don't, we can say that persona of being blanks girlfriend or boyfriend is no longer serving or a part of us?
hey .. i got question that i find interesting i read a little about psychology and i came up with many questions .. my question is can Id punishes superego ? i read that superego punish "supresses" the id wihes that goes against morality ..or against what u told as a kid .. and how to soften the harsh superego my 2nd Q is ..does following/ accepting people and society regardless of their behaviour give any psychological benefit
The id, ego and superego is from Freuds ideas. According to him yes the superego is the judge with rules collected from parents, authorities and society etc. I don't know how personal values and principles would fit in this. Since this is 4 months old, maybe you have some more insight to share? Regarding the second question I would think the opposite is true. You might have to accept that these behaviours are there but you don't have to accept the behaviour itself. That would make people step on you and how would you stand up for others? Complete conformity might give you some psychological relief but it would likely be hard on your soul.
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So when a dude in bib overalls attempts to be a cop and tells me that I am under arrest, I will think, “Emerald said this is what happens when an adult lets their persona take over their ego and now they believe they really are a cop”. 👍
Persona is the mask that we put on for the world. The ego is the mask we put on for ourselves. They’re both just thoughts compounded overtime. Great video ! 👍🏾
One of the main reasons that I neglected developing my persona was that I always thought it had to be dishonest. But now I realize the necessity of it and don't see it as dishonest anymore. Also thinking about creating my persona as a make-believe game gives me so much more mental freedom and comfort room to try things I always thought were not part of my personality. Like laughing at jokes even when they're not funny lol. Or smiling at people in general.
Great video. Thanks for making this.
Woah, this is great
Personas are like clothing, you can wear then but don't let them wear you.,lol
Very well said! :)
Ekhart Troll Love the name
Hahahaha Eckhart troll
.man you are amazing 😂
I'm flattered, but i must give credit where credit is do , I heard Paul Levy say something like this,, pls check him out, he has a new book release video up on UA-cam."Quantum revelation"". thx
+The Diamond Net I studied Jung of his conversation about Rearrangement , Moral Phsycology and Roland Hazard in 1932.
Hands down best modern interpretation I have ever heard of Jungian psychology n archetypes. Reading/listening to Jung and other Jungians can be so daunting long term and this is so so refreshing! Thank you a thousand times. Please keep em coming.
Your eloquence is very impressive, and it's just one thing among many others.
So an eloquent persona?
Hah, your persona is a simp
She is articulate
Thank you so much for this video ♡ it explained why I was so upset and angry - I was walking around naked - didn't make new persona, I couldn't express myself properly. Oh everything make sense now.
Same here.
You are so intelligent and articulate. You explain concepts intelligibly. Thank you.
"I am thou... Thou art I... From the sea of thy soul, I come... Come forth Arsene!!!"
Btw, very great analysis on Jungian psychology. Very enlightening.
"Thou hast acquired a new persona to overcome life's hardships."
"I am thou, and thou art I. From the sea of thy soul, I cometh... I am Orpheus, master of strings"
"I am thou, thou art i, thou hast established a new vow. It shall become the wings of rebellion that breaketh the chains of captivity."
Thanks for English subtitles, helps out for us who are not speaking English as our first language
You explain Carl Jung very elegantly,
Your analogies are great and paint the picture of the point your making
A lot of things you said struck me on a personal level and I thank you for that 💪
I just discover you. It seem I am little bit late to the party, but I loved this video too much to not say thank you! I will keep very close sight on your work. 😉
Emerald, thank you for helping me understand me.
Enjoyed the explanation. I used to have a lot difficulties with identifying too much with the persona. I`m such a complex creature, people around me get confused about how i behave from one situation to the next. I come across as introverted but then other times i`m extroverted. With age i accepted the many parts of me, and how to work with them.
Thank you. I'm glad you liked it. :) I used to over-identify with my persona in my late teens and early twenties. I was afraid of dying and being forgotten, which made me feel insignificant. So, the way I saw it, my only ability to live on in people's memories came from having a memorable persona. So, my main hope in life was to live a life noteworthy enough to make it into history books. That way, when I died I would still be remembered. And so I lived my life only for the legacy that I would leave after I died. So, I was extremely attached to my persona because I thought it was the only important part of me, and because it was the only way I could avoid insignificance.
I get what you are saying. Seems ppl. in general expect others to be set on one mode of being; acting and responding. I feel instead that my persona accommodates to ppl. and situations. My experience is that some ppl. see it as being "fake" only bc having more depth seems maybe threatening to some. Maybe they feel trapped, they themselves have to be fake and stay on one mode to satisfy their peers/family/church.
If you enjoyed this video, check out my other videos on the Jungian psychological model.
The Ego - ua-cam.com/video/9-3qYqKcsis/v-deo.html
The Shadow - ua-cam.com/video/9rFDhtabAhg/v-deo.html
The Anima and The Animus - ua-cam.com/video/tHgPZ-CEAvk/v-deo.html
The Self - ua-cam.com/video/kIiHHfQNQRc/v-deo.html
How do you deal with the persona you want to resurect?
This is deep and what I thirst to learn....Soo many people today are shallow and propangandized into being superficial, social media driven clones. I hate it...No self development at all.
I'm so grateful that i found this channel ♥️ thank u , sincerely
Blown away by how clear your explanation was! Love your channel, x
I learned about this stuff in college, however learning is not comprehending. Your videos helps me to comprehend these ideas. Thank you!
Helpful! especially the tips to make sure you have a healthy persona. I definitely found that I was a slave to my persona and creating a specific perception at all times. Thanks for explaining jungian concepts for a simpleton like me. I’d also love to hear more on shadow integration! 💖
Thank you! :) I'm glad it was helpful. I have a couple videos about the Shadow, if you're interested. One is an in depth explanation of the Shadow, and the other is about Shadow Work. I'll link them below:
ua-cam.com/video/9rFDhtabAhg/v-deo.html - The Shadow
ua-cam.com/video/SZ90jN2R9n8/v-deo.html - Shadow Work
The Diamond Net Thank You!
Thank you for explaining this clearly without feeling any need to put a Tool song in the background nor having any trippy visuals accompanying what you said. I really dug this. :)
Thank you so much for this, i'm trying to use the Jungian psychology model as a stimulus for my drama exam
Thanks for making these, I wanted to learn more about Jungian psych and yours is definitely the most engaging and interesting channel.
This is a great video to wake up to your persona at every stage of life , thank youuu
Thank you so much for making this content. I am from the clothing industry. And have been searching for words to explain soul clothes, and true styling. Although aligned to Jungian thoughts and inner work, never found such a simple, complete and subtle presentation on the same. More power to you.
I am so glad I found your channel and your interpretations and analogies! I’ve been doing a lot of work on myself for a couple years now searching for answers etc..
60 minutes of your insight has been and will be invaluable to me..
Thank you for the work your doing!
Very well said.
Good job!
A great example of narrow persona would be Rhonda Rousey, she collapsed psychologically when she was defeated twice and her MMA career ended, her entire self image was that of a winner and the toughest female fighter then boom it was gone almost overnight and she didn't know who she was.
Yeah. That can be a real issue to identify so strongly with an achievement or persona.
I've been feverishly researching both spiritual alchemy and Jungian psychology in an attempt to create a unique analysis of Neon Genesis Evangelion recently, due to a feeling that current analysis videos are missing something (It does not help that the series may as well be an ink blot test, with no true meaning to begin with, but I digress), and I have found your videos to be very enlightening, and much easier to comprehend than reading Jung's works alone. I do enjoy reading his work, but it would surly take almost 3 times as long compared to one of your videos to fully break down what he said. Atop of all this, I've found that I can apply a lot of the information to my own life, something I was startled to find I really needed to do. I myself made the mistake of conflating ego with persona years ago, while also constructing my persona based on something ephemeral. My first car was a 1989 Ford Thunderbird, and I was able to navigate high school quite comfortably with my leather bomber jacket and aviator clad car guy persona, despite my rather timid anime/video game based nerdy nature. Sadly, and inevitably, the car died, taking my ego, and sense of direction along with it. It's been 3 YEARS and I'm only just now realizing exactly why I've found myself in the proverbial frown town since. Talk about a face palm lol! Anyways, thanks for the comprehensive video series on jungian psychology, Its going to help me make one heck of a video analysis/research project! =D (hopefully)
Just started reading Memories Dreams Reflections... excited to get more into Jung as my exposure hasn't been enough yet!
You are an amazing human being and you already helped one more thank you
Love your cheeky smile when you say 'like being a rapper' XP
One element that adds a tremendous amount of complexity to the generation of a new persona is that other people are perpetually projecting their thoughts of who or what you are onto you, which will cause you to reinforce your persona if those projections match or to destabilize the persona if they do not. This also mixes together with reputation to further create persona rigidity.
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”
“There's no coming to consciousness without pain.”
“Like plants, so men also grow, some in the light, others in the shadows. There are many who need the shadows and not the light.”
“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
“To be "normal" is a splendid ideal for the unsuccessful.”
“If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.”
“Where your fear is, there is your task.”
-Carl Jung
Really great video. Clear and concise.
I trust you as I would trust my professors -- Thank you for your work.
Thank you emerald. This video had put so many questions of mine into perspective!!
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I've been given the explanation that I was ever searching for in this single video...
Thank you 💜
Awesome! I'm glad it helped!
II love your jungian videos. They're very informative and the examples are helpful to understand the abstract ideas. Thank you!
Thank you very much this has been enlightening for me . I wish I had access to this when I was going through my formative years it would have helped me no end .my ego was not helpfull to me without a functioning persona .
This is the main issue I am going through, and I am happy that this video is so well explained.
Although still I feel like i need help but at least now I know what the issue is.
I created a persona on purpose, but is broken after a trauma, so I rejected the person thinking that is all fake, a lie, and I also started wondering if the persona i made was correct or all is wrong.
As in the video says, part of the persona i made is to be very alpha but failed to act up to the alpha way and now i am struggling with self loathing for several months.
Nice explation, it was really produtive to thing persona as you introduced. Truly good, thank you for your work, it really meant help know a part of me that i didnt understand as well :3
Pure gold! :)
Thank you Lady, you're a beautiful authentic star. I love your words! Namastê!
I'm really enjoying the content you're putting out there. Going through a phase of enforced isolation from people so I can listen to myself and a lot of your content has been really helpful. Thank you
Thank you! :) I'm glad that it's been helpful!
Such insightful content! Amazing! The best channel for condescend Jungian material. Thanks!
Could you please create a video about "enantiodromia" (Jung defines enantiodromia as "the emergence of the unconscious opposite in the course of time). I love your videos !!
Thanks for your response. I watch your videos often and find them to show your brilliant understanding of Jung and of our conscious mind.
I have been an English teacher for about 40 years, now retired from service. I share your videos with my former students. I have a suggestion for you to consider.....please pause during your narration as it takes time for your viewers to grasp your inputs. And modulate your voice and words a bit. This will help your viewers to pay better attention.
I hope you don't mind be taking this liberty.
Looking forward to watching your videos.
I was into the Goth scene as a teenager as well. I was so Goth, I crapped spider webs! :P As I became an older teenager, I actually discovered I really like colour. I eventually made a style that combines black with cheery bright colors, that way I could have the best of both worlds. I realized I was too identified and was really restricting lot of pleasures in my life as a result of over personification of one specific thing.
Yeah... I was such a goth little shit INTJ girl before times. I actually cared about painting the interior INTJ heaviness, nervousness agitation and melancholy into the exterior... A really scary dark persona!!!
Now I'm an ESFP bimbo (because INTJ's have ESFP personas or subconscious), and that is awesome because it works for me! People like it.
dope video....once again your work is best used for actual use, not just food for thought or thought experiments.
An amazing movie that explores the role of the persona in the case of the person with an underdeveloped ego is The Talented Mr. Ripley with Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, and lots of other great actors. I don’t want to spoil any of it, but it is truly a must watch for anyone interested in Jungian themes. And anyone else, for that matter!
Thanks for this video. I was reminded of when I spent time constructing my signature. How I use the bottom part of the capital L of my last name to underline the remaining letters like my 7th grade art teacher showed me. The flourish of the capital S of my first name. How I cross the t.
Like the persona, my signature has changed over time bit by bit under my control from that several weeks of signing my name hundreds of times when I initially created it as a teenager.
Great video, v informative and easy to understand! Thank you :)
YOU ARE VERY CLEAR WHEN YOU express the ideas, using simple language . ,Ny first language is Spanish , but I understoog ypu very well, Thanks
Great content, very informative. I used to have problems investing in the development of a healthy, functional persona in the process of losing my identification with it.
That's been one of my struggles as well. When I had my experiences of ego transcendence, I tried for years to cease having an identity. That's because, I knew what I had experienced happened because my identity wasn't central in my mind. But I didn't know anything about enlightenment or anything like that. So, I did a lot of guessing and guessing wrong about what would lead me back to that state. So, even to this day, I have a knee-jerk habit of trying to invalidate anything remotely ego related. So, creating a healthy persona has been a lot more difficult for me since those experiences. But I'm trying to work past that tendency and to really drive it home that I shouldn't try to repress my ego because repression isn't the same as transcendence.
Yes. It can be difficult not only because of all the conditioning but because we need to actively invest time and effort to build a healthy/functional persona, so without detachment it's only natural that we give such high value to it and put it in the central stage. There is a subconscious belief in most of us that we would become totally dysfunctional, and thus bring a lot of pain to our lives, if we just drop it, if we let go of narrative, meaning, expectation, hope and purpose and it's funny because that's exactly why we get in our own way to bring the change that we desire, or at least that was truth for me. Like you mentioned, I used to believe that I was pretty much fixed with what I had and that was me, that was my authenticity. It took a long time to lose it's magnetism and the insights that you offer in this video are great to help in the shift of perspective where the Persona/Ego/Mind are no longer a source of identity but only a tool that is available in our human condition.
I love working with personas! I've been doing it for so long that I find it hard to alter them arbitrarily anymore, it always has to be for a transparent reason (such as shadow work), and that can be both really effective and really hard to deal with at times. My big thing lately has been trying to narrow in on a persona to give the most authority, as a sort of persona for when I'm dealing with myself. I understand that consciousness always exists outside of persona, as a sort of outside-looking-in perception that exists in the space between spaces, but at the same time I need to be using a persona to interact with the world and exert my will in any way, so I kind of need an image of myself to take charge when working internally, too. I'm still trying to develop him so he's the most fully integrated and all-encompassing self-image, but I think it's working so far.
Be yourself as much as you can and it is still socially working.
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I think the persona is pretty much attitude with an outfit. I've been trying to work on my varying attitudes a lot lately, I feel the more consistently I have a positive attitude the better. Even if I'm in a sad situation like a funeral or hearing bad news I remind myself that nothing is permanent and everything is working towards the better. I still find that I can get caught in a bad attitude when I review my day and then I think about what would have been a better way to view the situation.
Love these videos. Thank you very much for the information you're putting out here!
Love your videos. I've started reading the Red book by Jung. I wonder of you ever played the Persona games , which are enterely based on junghian psychology?
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wow,you just described perfectly the struggles I'm going through Emerald,bless your soul!
My old persona is on life support,I kinda lost my ability to function in society now,even going to the supermarket is a big struggle trying to not look awkward and 'normal'.I have to wear that tired,faded thing everytime I go out.
I've expressed so much of myself through my artwork,that I've outgrown that persona...it was just a typical nice guy,easy going persona,but not the real me.Just the limiting version of me.
Thanks for the tips on how to sculpt a new persona!It'll be quite the challenge to scultpt a persona that expresses all the personality traits I have,perhaps humour can be one such technique to get the job done!
btw...do you write?How do you express yourself?
Conscious persona-sculpting,this'll be quite an exciting project! :)
I like the way you speak..slowly so that everyone can understand what you saying and trying to explain...💕 I aint english speaking
Thanks for the video! I recently observed that my persona is blocking some of my inner motives., so this video was really helpful.
You're welcome. I'm glad that it was helpful. :)
Great information in the persona... very helpful to me!
These are gold. Thank you for making this video.
Thank you! 😊
Great explanation. Thanks!
great stuff.i like the calm straightforward approach . Thanks .
Here is an odd request that I don't do often. Could you address the use of social media in creating a persona in more depth? I'm quite introverted, and I'm noticing the trend of people (including myself) using social media to replace real time human interaction. We get to spend time deciding which face to put on, and the exact words to use to express ourselves more accurately. In real life, things are messy. Hair is messy. I stutter a lot. I spend a lot of time trying to remember that perfect word that I had just moments ago. My persona seems self-sabotaged and comes off as "flighty" or "awkward". Shouldn't we, collectively, be working more on these social skills, and less time on social media? Of course, your channel is the only one I would recommend spending more time on.😉
Your reflections on what society should/shouldn’t could be your inner guidance of your own next steps 🥰
Maybe play around with limiting or eliminating social media and take note of any changes in your life experience 🙂
Edit: oh my gosh I just realized you commented 5 yrs ago! 😂
Now I am curious about how things have changed.
I am always reminden of Roger Smith from American Dad.
I recently started to watch American Dad and was amazed to see many of Jungs' concepts in some of the episodes.
(and someone still says "it's jst children's stuff" ... )
Very helpful! This is what I've been looking for but didn't know what's called, so thanks!
You're welcome! I'm glad that it helped. :)
i feel like people conflating their persona with their ego is REALLY common
Great video Emerald. Would you define persona as the outer manifestation of one's identifications?
I'm in a perpetual existential crises of "who the hell am I???" I don't think being able to induce manic episodes helps that. With a few tweaks of the old chemicals in the brain, my whole personality and worldview and values shift. Lmao.
I also ask myself sometimes *Who am I? ''. It's like I don't know it anymore lol
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The Diamond Net great, someone on here that makes perfect sense. Thanks for the videos, seems like they could be helpful.
UA-cam should have recommended this channel instead of all the other nonsense I've had to sift through, freaking aliens and lizard people and pyramids and biblical prophesies and just endless craziness, pretty sure youtube does that on purpose. Algorithms going "oh, you wanna know about spiritual stuff, you must be a crazy idiot, you'll like these videos then". UA-cam is evil, I swear.
That's a fascinating suggestion; to allow yourself to "play" out a persona. We seem to give up that willingness so early when we our role expectations start to harden in late adolescence. I'm also fascinated by the role social media plays in creating, maintaining or changing a persona,. particularly in the arts. I've been questioning my identity as a "musician" lately; when and how it started and why we feel compelled to maintain that identity.
+The Diamond Net As an INTJ female personality type, I just cracked this would be the way for me to finally have a social life... by creating a persona, I never actually did I only played with like a teenager and left it off. Now I see it is through the aspirational cognitive function or 4th which is Se indulgence for me. And the persona or subconscious side of the mind are the same cognitive functions as the Ego but flipped upside down.
The Diamond Net you are awesome.
I have a notebook infront of me and I’m taking down notes.
It’s like I’m in a class.
You the best teacher.
Such a good explanation, thank you very much
Maintaining a persona can be very draining, as for me it seems to take a constant conscious effort. Would it be so bad to live in a world where no one "had" to create a persona, and we could just truly be ourselves?
What's good about consciously creating a persona is that you can make it simple, flexible, and transparent. So, it doesn't have to be complex and shouldn't take much effort to maintain. If you find you're doing a lot of persona maintenance, it probably is too complex and not truly reflective of your internal experience. But I understand what you're saying. It can be taxing to have to function in the social matrix, especially if there's anxiety about social situations. I tend to second guess the way my persona is coming off in certain social situations. So, it's really nerve-wrecking.
K's Thought Palace .. I often ask myself who am I when no one is looking? For me that's a profound question because I start to realise all the different persona I have created through my life.. and then I feel this deep sadness because I feel I don't really know who I am truly..
@SweetChilli Yes, it can be a depressing thought/feeling to not know our true selves. One way I've been getting a clue came by accident. I'd been making videos, some for one audience, some for another. After almost a year I noticed I was two almost completely different people in those videos, depending who the audience was. BUT - I had not even tried to be different, it was 100% unconscious.
But would it be good if our truly selves were assholes?
Not sure I can entirepy say I don't use a persona ever. However, the personas I do have are really just different ways of expressing myself. Kinda like windows into my soul.
For example in many situations I might say something like, "sushi is orgasmic" or "Sex is good but have you tried this Sushi?" However if I were to say for example be talking to kids, I would most likely be less vulgar, while still expressing the same thing but in a different way. For example "Sushi is fantastic!" Or "Legos are great, but have you tried eating Sushi?"
It's like using a different finger to point with, but regardless, what it's pointing to is the same. Metaphorically speaking.
When it comes to how I feel I am very rarely not authentic with my feelings and expressing them, however how i do so can vary.
Hope this clarified somethings
Looking cool, Joker! 🐈
So the trickster archetype would be one that kind of plays with different personas/impression management but is totally aware of the persona being persona?
Yeah i think so
what if when you speak to others your not trying to project any (person image or person story) to yourself or to who your speaking to your just expressing yourself without any thought of how you look or how another will perceive you, is there a persona in that scenario?
The point about age identification and not knowing how to be when older was great
It's an important and not often talked about thing. I have a hard time with aging because being a young person has been core to my identity for so long (my entire life) and I have many attachments that stem off of that youth attachment. And the problem is that I feel rude asking older people about it (especially women), because it will come off as rude... mostly because aging is seen as bad in society. So, I feel like I have to stumble around in the universe and not know how the coming stages in my life will effect me psychologically and emotionally. And I'm turning 30 within the year! :o
Great video thankyou for the insight.
All good videos!
Thank you
I do not know how to express parts of myself that I’ve been conditioned to think it is socially unacceptable or like I feel so ashamed and disgusted with myself…
I understand that persona have role for proper functioning in the social settings.
But then what is the purpose of integrating the personal consciousness and the unconscious( both personal and collective).
Or, what is the purpose of shadow work/ meditation... etc??
Very good video!
Great vids on Jung, keep em coming :)
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Thanks Emerald, very helpfull !
Great job
thank you for this video, very understandable! can you recommend a good book on Jungian psychology? I would be grateful!
I take a sludge-hammer to the persona. I realized that's a little dramatic or extreme, however, the finer the grains are the more moldable it is in my opinion and my imagination can run wild with it.
Can we relate a persona to a relationship? For example, if we once dated someone, but now we don't, we can say that persona of being blanks girlfriend or boyfriend is no longer serving or a part of us?
That 'dang you' at the end
hey ..
i got question that i find interesting
i read a little about psychology and i came up with many questions ..
my question is can Id punishes superego ? i read that superego punish "supresses" the id wihes that goes against morality ..or against what u told as a kid .. and how to soften the harsh superego
my 2nd Q is ..does following/ accepting people and society regardless of their behaviour give any psychological benefit
The id, ego and superego is from Freuds ideas. According to him yes the superego is the judge with rules collected from parents, authorities and society etc. I don't know how personal values and principles would fit in this.
Since this is 4 months old, maybe you have some more insight to share?
Regarding the second question I would think the opposite is true. You might have to accept that these behaviours are there but you don't have to accept the behaviour itself. That would make people step on you and how would you stand up for others? Complete conformity might give you some psychological relief but it would likely be hard on your soul.
The persona protects the self