Second Self: Who Are We When We Stop Trying To Please Everyone?

In Jungian psychology, the shadow is the self we disown. It’s comprised of the parts we bury because we’ve decided they’re unacceptable. We tend to picture it as our darkness. But the shadow hides our light too: the vitality, the warmth, the joy we exile for being too much. IIn Jungian psychology, the shadow is the self we disown. It is compiled of the parts we bury because we’ve decided they’re unacceptable. We tend to picture it as our darkness. But that shadow hides our light too: the vitality, the warmth, the joy we are afraid to touch. In this piece, Olivia Morris examines the art of self-presentation, the expectations we learn to navigate, and the parts of ourselves that get lost along the way.

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