The "shadow" contains all the parts of our personality that we locked away (often in childhood) because they were unwelcome (e.g., anger, selfishness, wildness). Paradoxically, we often feel extremely drawn to partners who fully live out these parts – and then hate them later for exactly that.
Shadow Projections (after C.G. Jung)
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