ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Reflection Paper

Shadow

A gap between id and ego, shadow lies within like a blind spot and is repressed. I recognized
mine when my friend was sharing about her written works in poetry and how successful it was
but instead of feeling happy for her, I felt jealous, and anger overcame me which I took a step
back and asked why was this my first response or impulse to feel? With recognition and
confronting this, it caused me awareness and eventually realized that this is something I don’t
want anyone to see (repression) and if others felt the same way to me, I’ll dislike it (projection)
which then gave a conclusion for my shadow, it’s a part of me that I don’t wish to be but will
influence my overall behavior and through conscientious attention, I can now manage it better.

Great Mother

A maternal instinct like, whether is loving or destructive, we possess it all. As someone who
owns four cats, I am in charged with their overall routine. I recognize my loving side to them by
giving care, food, and attention but also somehow, I became aware of how I shout at them
through their playful times that cause chaos in the room and sometimes leads to me putting
them in cage for a while. I realized how I am capable of being destructive in some ways that can
possibly go downhill, nevertheless, I make sure to possess more of being nurturing (great
mother).