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Episode 120: The Cassandra Complex

Speaking of Jung: Interviews with Jungian Analysts

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The History of Hysteria

The first recorded description or diagnosis of hysteria was in ancient Egypt. Hysteria is the womb, so it was seen as a disease of women. It corresponds to the same time in history when the patriarchy took over and began to denigrate feminine experience,. And so right there you get this material that's being suppressed, repressed.

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