Personality Theories

We all have things about ourselves we don't like, stories we choose to keep a secret, and feelings we don't share. Why? It is too painful to face, and we don't want to have labels, or be a burden to anyone.  It is painful to face certain things that we are going through or emotions we are feeling. We think we're the only ones hiding flaws and faults and suppressing feelings, because we are damaged and weird and even if in the slight chance we wanted to share, no one else would understand. W e believe this, and tell ourselves that everyone else is normal. Guess what? You're not the only one who feels this way. Let me introduce the theory by Carl Jung that is known as your shadow. Jung identified the Shadow as one of the four principle archetypes of what he called the collective-unconscious.  Basically, we are not totally conscious and aware of, as Jung would put it, the dark stuff about ourselves. Everyone's shadow is different and our shadows, according to Jun...

We all know someone who is completely self-absorbed. They think of no one but themselves. Their number one interest is self-promotion, or doing things for their gain. It is likely we are also acquainted with people who care a great deal about about other peoples opinions. They feel the need to be perfect and liked by those around them. There are also "normal" people, but i don't believe in normal, who's to say something or someone is normal. So there are those who just have a little bit of both, sometimes think about themselves when making a decision and sometimes think about how they will look like, or come across to others. Now i'll get to the point of this post, Freud. Who has been known as the father of psychology. Freud can explain these attributes manifested in people by his structure of personality theory, the Id, the Ego and the Superego. The Id: driven by pleasure, as primarily unconscious . The id is the first aspect of personality, we are born with it....