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The '''shadow''', like the id, represents a repressed irrational and instinctive unconscious aspect of one’s personality, though it differs in his view that it incorporates one’s failings or weaknesses as well. Rejecting the id’s negativist connotation, Jung asserted that the shadow is not necessarily evil, but represents what I’ve come to call a form of “primal conditioning”; a basic collection of instinctive responses evolutionarily encoded in our DNA which | The '''shadow''', like the id, represents a repressed irrational and instinctive unconscious aspect of one’s personality, though it differs in his view that it incorporates one’s failings or weaknesses as well. Rejecting the id’s negativist connotation, Jung asserted that the shadow is not necessarily evil, but represents what I’ve come to call a form of “primal conditioning”; a basic collection of instinctive responses evolutionarily encoded in our DNA which are perhaps socially maladaptive in modern times, but necessary to our survival as a species in more primitive times. | ||
The '''anima''' and '''animus''' are viewed as representing our true personalities, as opposed to the “persona” which he likened to a mask we wear as we “play our role” in society; a character, if you will designed to assimilate and conceal our true nature and feelings. | The '''anima''' and '''animus''' are viewed as representing our true personalities, as opposed to the “persona” which he likened to a mask we wear as we “play our role” in society; a character, if you will designed to assimilate and conceal our true nature and feelings. | ||