My True Self Reflection : Carl Jung, The Famous Swiss Psychologist

Communication takes place in any and all locations, intentionally and unintentionally, and it can be positive or negative. Many of our personal traits and character qualities can affect how we communicate with other people, and how they communicate with us. Recently, I had an experience that further proved this point to me in a very real and tangible way.

Communication is an expressions of ones thoughts...To convey what one person is trying to say to

Communication is defined as ‘a transactional process involving participants who occupy different but overlapping environments and create relationships through the exchange of messages, many of which are affected by external, psychological and physiological noise’ (Adler, R and Proctor, R. 2010). Communication doesn’t just mean verbal communication, as non-verbal communication is just as, if not, more important as verbal communication. According to Albert Mehrabian, only 7% of a message is communicated through verbal communication, 38% is communicated through your tone of

This emphasizes the idea of Jung’s persona and the fact that it is a compromise between an individual and the society in which one wants

This proves Gergen’s thesis, “I doubt that people normally develop a coherent sense of identity, and believe that to the extent that they do, they may experience serve emotional distress” (172). By having several masks or selves, is how we are able to adapt to changing society. With these multiple masks we are able to achieve acceptance and know who we are as individuals. Throughout life we must adopt masks when facing different circumstances; it is through these masks that we see how we change as individuals. If we spend our lives trying to stick to one mask, we can find ourselves to feel lost, depressed, or invisible. Change is good; however we must still stay true to ourselves when using masks. They are a part of us as individuals but they are not us.

As people, we are communicating constantly, even when it is subconscious. The first proposition of communication states that one cannot NOT communicate (lecture).

Communication is the interaction between individuals that allows us to deliver and receive information, thoughts and feelings. Communication can be seen to have three components: verbal (spoken words), non-verbal (body language) and paralinguistic (tone and pitch of spoken words) (Mehrabian 1981). This shows the complexity of communication in that variance in one ‘component’ could potentially alter or distort the desired meaning being conveyed to the recipient. Similarly Arnold, Undermann Bogss (2015) states that communication could be seen to be a combination of verbal and non-verbal actions being used in unison to exchange and strengthen ideas or share life experiences through means of posture, spoken words or personal symbolism.

Carl Jung proposed a theory about persona, he explains that we humans have different personas depending on which situation we arrive to. To put simply, we humans adapt to the circumstances we’re put in. But what Jung didn’t say was that all these different personas vanishes once society is taken out of the equation. What is left is the true animalistic, impulsive, original persona. This is best shown in the quiet, introverted child turned to a barbaric psychopath, Roger, a character created by William Golding in the novel, Lord of the Flies.

The Jung Personality Test, was a test, trying to figure out about what kind of person I am. The test had many different questions it was asking and I would answer them truthfully. Through this test, I learned I was extroverted, sensitive, a thinker/feeler and perceiving.

I've always found it incredibly hard to describe myself. I feel like I don't really fit into any specific category because I have many different traits from different personality types and don't just fit into one set group. Looking at the archetypes Carl Jung came up with, I can definitely see that I identify with several different archetypes. Starting with ego, I think I identify most with the orphan/regular gal. The orphan wants to belong, to fit in, and not lose themselves in trying so hard to fit in. I struggle with this a lot, actually. I always feel the desire to want to fit in, I want to blend in and connect with people without standing out too much. I want to make friends and have people to talk to, but I also don't want to be singled out and have

Thoughts and emotions are derived from our own sense of consciousness, or our own self-awareness. It is what comes to shape our identities. Some of us have one conciseness, but many of us have two. This is because many of us have suffered at the hands of others. Not suffering that comes from physical touch. This is suffering that comes from psychological abuse. The kind of suffering that grinds our mind and makes us question who we are.

I finally had a place where I could write the things I could not say aloud to my friends and family. I began looking forward to dumping out my emotions and thoughts on a daily basis. Every thought and frustration would just unfold and fall onto the pages of my notebook. I began to grow in self-understanding, and soon had an easier time expressing my own thoughts and beliefs to others. With this new and improved self-awareness, communicating became so much easier and smoother than it had even been before. Without a complete understanding of the origin of my thoughts and beliefs, I had a hard time conveying my ideas and thoughts to other people; however, once I was able to quickly recognize my complete thought and its origin’s, I could properly exclaim the concept I wished to get

Communication is about more than just bartering of words. It is about comprehending the feeling and purposes behind what is being said. Effective communication is also a two-way street. It is not only how you deliver thoughts and feelings that it is acknowledged and comprehended by somebody in precise way you proposed, but it is also how you understand to achieve the full significance of what is being portrayed and to make the other individual feel heard and understood.

2). There are three aspect of intrapersonal communication. “Self-concept is the basis for intrapersonal communication because it determines how a persona sees him/herself and is oriented toward others. Self-Concepts (also called self-awareness) involves three factors: beliefs, values and attitudes.” (Intrapersonal and Interpersonal” p. 2). Beliefs we base upon our religion, our upbringing and our personal knowledge on things that we know about. We have values that by being up brought have been instilled inside of us and we base right and wrong not only on values but beliefs as well. Attitudes are how we view a particular topic and/or person and they way we feel about a topic is the way we present ourselves and our attitude. “Other things that can affect self-concept are personal attributes, talents, social role, even birth order/” (Intrapersonal and Interpersonal” p. 2). Self-concept looks inward into a person. The next aspect looks outward and this is called perception. “Perception of the outside world also is rooted in beliefs, values and attitudes. It is so closely intertwined with self-concept that one feeds off the other, creating a harmonious understanding of both oneself and ones world” (“Intrapersonal and Interpersonal” p. 2). Both perception

Psychologist, psychoanalyst, doctor of medicine, and author, Sigmund Freud’s contributions to the world of science and psychology were far from limited. The self and widely regarded scientist was born in Friedberg in 1856 where he lived before moving to Vienna, Germany, where he would later produce founding revelations at the birth of psychology as a science. From his beginnings, Freud focused on psychopathology and the conscious mind (Jones, 1949). The renowned “Father of Psychoanalysis” created a pathway and a foundation for psychology, influencing the world of psychology from its birth to modern day practice. Freud’s delve into the unconscious, dreams, psychosexual development, and the id, ego, and super-ego, are just a limited number of his studies that greatly influenced numerous psychologists and theories of modern psychology. One of his earliest practices and most accredited work dealt with psychoanalysis specifically. Though this practice is seldom used in modern psychology in the treatment of psychological disorders, it assuredly carried great influence in the development of modern practices of psychological theories. Freud’s creation of psychoanalysis exceeded his professional career, influencing modern psychologists and theories, one specifically being ego psychology, that was founded in the mid 20th century of modern