The Unconscious In Carl Jung's Psychological Perspective

When it comes to dream interpretation the first to come to mind is usually the well-known Mr. Sigmund Freud. Freud created that stepping stone regarding the hidden meaning of dreams. A supporter of his for some time, Carl Jung used the fundamentals presented by Freud to create his own psychological theory of the unconscious. He used the same structured concept of Freud’s unconscious principle but named it the personal unconscious. One of his novel ideas however, was the collective unconscious and how within our deepest thoughts we create these archetypes to protect us from the outside world. The collective unconscious heavily impacts our dreams in a subjective level filled with symbols trying to connect the inner mind with the awakened soul. At some degree these hidden symbols help the individual find what they need for the future to satisfies their inner needs. Jung called this notion the prospective method. Thus, a common theme in Jung’s analytical approach is focusing on the person’s psyche in a way that it completes the individual by having a sense of wholeness. As mentioned above, …show more content…
This paradigm is how one in their mind associates themselves as the opposite sex. When a women encompasses male characteristics in her unconscious this is known as the animus concept. The same with men, when a male consists of women attributes this is categorized as an anima archetype. When thinking about this architype in a cultural perspective it makes sense regarding how we face gender roles in today’s time. Men are often frowned upon for expressing something a woman might do, such as cry. Yet, women were downgraded in almost every way possible thus, there was no opportunity for a woman to even think about possessing traits that represents a male figure. Therefore, these archetypes can be found within us but it is important to realize how greatly it was influenced by