This Jungian Life Podcast Psychodermatology: How Skin Communicates Unconscious Conflicts
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May 30, 2024 Explore how skin conditions can reflect deeper emotional conflicts, self-inflicted lesions as cries for help, and the symbolic role of skin in revealing our unconscious struggles. Delve into the significance of touch in human relationships, skin as a communicator of emotions, and the symbolism of skin care practices. Unravel the hidden meanings behind skin conditions, analyze vivid dream journeys, and interpret the Minotaur myth in dream analysis to uncover inner conflicts and dependency needs.
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Touch Shapes Infant Development
- Early skin contact regulates the infant's physiological and psychological development.
- Lack of touch leads to anxiety, frustration, rage, and even physical failure to thrive.
Skin and Ego Boundaries
- The concept of 'skin ego' aligns skin's boundary role with the ego’s function of relating inside and outside worlds.
- Skin metaphorically frames how we maintain psychological boundaries and individuality.
Postpartum Emotional Rawness
- Lisa Marciano shared feeling emotionally raw and vulnerable after C-section surgeries.
- She compared her postpartum state to feeling 'unsewn' and lacking skin's protective boundary.