Hi History Teacher,
Thank you for your calm and your wisdom - extremely grateful for your post.
I guess I was mixing things up wrt the Jungian shadow and questions about symptoms of OCD. I think I'm trying (also) to reconcile years of Freudian-based therapy, my irritations with it, and where it might overlap with Jung...because...Jung is what's making sense to me now. That's just now though. I can't dismiss all the good the other work did me (and my realm of impact on others).
Great story you shared. The resistance to the shadow or shadow thoughts, is I guess what gives them so much power. This seems so obvious to me today...how could one avoid it for so many years?!!
peace,
Coyote