C.G. Jung and Anxiety: The Shadow of Fear and the Courage for Depth (C. G. Jung Series - English)($14.90Value)

Description

Anxiety is usually treated as a problem to be removed, a malfunction to be quieted. Jung took it more seriously than that. He saw in fear not only suffering but a signal, a sign that something in the psyche is asking to be faced. This book sets out Jung's understanding of anxiety: its link to the shadow and to what we refuse to know about ourselves, the existential fear that belongs to being human, and the difference between the dread that paralyzes and the kind that calls us toward growth. It explains why avoidance tends to enlarge fear and how meeting it changes its nature. It is not a treatment manual and does not replace care where care is needed. It is a way of understanding fear that restores its meaning instead of merely silencing it. A thoughtful and clear-eyed guide for readers who want more than reassurance.