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Psychology

Have you ever just lashed out? Do you want to know why people do? Well to learn why you need to know some things first. Starting with 3 physiological parts of our brain.

First comes the persona. The word comes from Latin origin and it means mask. Which is every fitting since the Persona is the part of your body that you have adapted so you can fit into societies norms. The face you put on as you walk out the door to fit in. We build our persona through experiences and learning. It's where our manners and the 'rules' of society are. Which isn't all bad, it how we make our first impressions. But the Persona also hides what's going on, on the inside.

Then there is the Ego. The term ego has a very negative few on people. People how are more egoistic are viewed as more selfish. Which isn't the case. The Ego is the protector. The projector of our hearts and our feelings. The Ego will try to neglect anything that might hurt us. It's a defense mechanism. And so when you ignore the bad stuff and only look at the good stuff, it's called being ignorant, egoistic, selfish. But it's not, it the Ego protecting you.

And the last part is your shadow. Your shadow is the part that holds all the emotions viewed as negative. Anger, sadness, etc.. Are all in the shadow. The shadow is the opposite of the Ego. It accepts everything in your life. But that's what the Ego doesn't like, the Ego wants to forget the words or actions that might hurt you, while the shadow accepts it.

So it's just a long consent battle in your mind. Forgive or forget, acceptance or ignorance. And when you lash out it's because your Persona is tired of hiding the consent battle of your mind. It's tired of lying and acting like everything is ok. So the next time you lash out, think, why did you lash out unexpectedly? Connect to your shadow. You want to be in the line between your Ego and your Shadow. To make this more visual lets talk about students. Students deal with bullying and other kid making fun of them. They also get constructive criticism to help them grow. The Ego would want to ignore all of that, and just focus on the good things your friends say and ignore all the bullying but with that ignoring the criticism that would help you grow. While the Shadow would take everything to heart, the compliments, the criticism, and the hurtful bullying.

You want to be on that fine line of the in-between. In this case taking to compliments and criticism to help you grow, but ignoring all the cruel thing other kids and bullies say.

So learn to accept all of you and then you will be able to grow into your true, full self.  

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Hello my lovelies, so that was that. If you have anything theories, topics, or fanfics, you think I might be interested it, let me now in the comments. Until then see ya soon.

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Love,

-Tigeress