Sigmund Freud Jung

Opposing Sigmund Freud’s concept of libido and sexuality regarding an individual’s unconsciousness, Carl Jung argued that the concept of mental energy seemed more applicable. Jung believed that dreams do not reflect a child’s unrealized wishes, but are mythological stories and images from the experiences of our ancestors. His take on psychoanalysis was called analytical psychology in which Jung expressed his ideas of the collective unconscious, archetypes, and psychological types. The collective unconscious is an impersonal layer in the human psyche that is different from the individual unconscious, as well as inherited and shared with other members of the species. The idea of individual conscious deals with repressed idea, whereas the collective …show more content…
Jung believed that there could be no specific number of archetypes because archetypes tended to combine with one another. To see if there was one specific archetype match for myself, I decided to take different online quizzes. It was no surprise that each quiz gave me different answers. In one quiz, I was the Hero archetype while in another I received the Lover archetype. Other archetypes I received were the Sage, the Caregiver, and the Innocent Child. As much as these answers prove that they may not be accurate, there did seem to be one specific archetype that popped up consistently. The Creator archetype. The Creator archetype is the embodiment of creativity and imagination and as someone who values their own creativity and imagination, I can understand why this archetype would fit me. My main goal in life has always been about expressing myself and I indulge myself in the world of arts such as music, film, and books. The Creator archetype’s quest is to find and accept themselves, discovering their identity in relation to the external world and as someone who has struggled with their identity, I can relate to