Jung's Analytical Psychology: What is the psyche? How does psychic energy originate, and how does it affect the person's behavior?
The psyche is the sum total manifestation of a person's mind and personality, the non-physical aspects of his being. This involves the ego, the personal unconscious, and the collective unconscious. The ego is a person's conception of himself (Holcombe 2006). This includes his identity, consciousness, and is manifested as personality. The personal unconscious is the aspect that is hidden and is subtly manifested. The collective unconscious is an aspect shared by all human beings and is not bounded by time, place, or culture. This includes concepts such as god, death, and birth.The psychic energy, on the other hand, is a life force that drives a person to eat, move, think, and love. This energy can be expended in order to achieve food or pleasure, and is constantly present in our system independent of physical condition. Psychic energy is also the main driving force behind man's creative powers. Initially, it serves our need to live and reproduce (hunger and sex). The excess energy is transformed for spiritual and cultural growth. A person's behavior is mainly governed by psychic energy (Botwin 2005). Creativity, competitiveness, desire, and aspirations are some of the manifestations of this basic human drive.
The anima is the personification of a man's feminine nature, while the animus is the personification of a woman's male nature. These concepts imply our bisexual nature on the psychological level. A man, for example, has ideas of what a perfect woman for him would be. His tendency would be to look for those qualities whenever he dates or engages in a relationship. This ideal is created in his mind due to a feminine aspect, which may have been influence by his mother, sisters, and other women he dealt with in his life. The anima can also be involved when a man acquires social skills and refinement. A woman, on the other hand, has a similar trait but consists of masculine attributes. This is called the animus, and is manifested in qualities such as aggressiveness and dominance. The shadow is the part of a person's personality that is repressed into the unconscious due to various factors such as society, ethics, and religion. It is sometimes manifested through dreams, desires, and influence conscious actions. Such influences can be positive or negative. The shadow is both irrational and instinctive, and can be the source of a person's inexplicable attitudes or actions. Sometimes, it is manifested in dreams as a person and m
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