How I finally stopped reenacting my childhood in adulthood through "the hero's journey" (and how you can, too)
back from the borderline
English - November 20, 2021 17:40 - 1 hour - 78.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 394 ratingsMental Health Health & Fitness Education Self-Improvement spirituality podcast cptsd recovery complex trauma trauma healing childhood trauma self sabotage generational trauma jungian psychology depth psychology codependent podcast Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This episode is dedicated to anyone who has felt like the problem child their entire life. It’s for those who grew up hating themselves and wondering why they felt so empty and undeserving of love.
I’m sharing the more profound concepts that have led to REAL progress in my recovery and why I believe I no longer meet the criteria for borderline personality disorder (and the various other mental diagnoses I’ve been given by multiple mental health professionals in the last 5-7 years.) To truly understand the core of the development of “mental health problems,” we have to understand high-level psychological and spiritual concepts that (for some reason) are not often brought up when we seek mental health treatment: ideas like “individuation,” “the Ego” and the “Higher Self.”
In this episode, I do my best to share with you what I’ve learned about these concepts and how the Tarot has helped me understand them through what is called “The Hero’s Journey.”
Through these concepts, we will learn how the impact of childhood emotional neglect (CEN) and critical parenting:
■ Stops us experiencing true intimacy and connection with romantic partners in adulthood
■ Leads to the experience of wanting closeness but being unable to break free from the loneliness of our self-imposed isolation
■ Creates anxiety that makes us terrified of the idea of trust and vulnerability
■ Causes us to overanalyze our lives into a state of near paralysis
■ Leads us to developing a belief and feeling that all our relationships are unsatisfying, lack boundaries, and are unsafe
Articles I read during the episode (both by Jessica Davidson):
Explanation of the different between ego, self, and Self
IG Post:
Tips to Manage the Negative Cycle by @thesecurerelationship
Mentioned Books:
Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Tarot Journey to Self-Awareness (New Edition)
Fearless Tarot: How to Give a Positive Reading in Any Situation
Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
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