Dr. Jeffrey Gladden explains how intrusive thoughts fuel anxiety and depression, and argues that mastering them requires optimizing your nervous system. He draws on Jung's idea of integrating your shadow self to reach what Jung called the individuated self, your most authentic version.
And I think it's, I think one of the biggest things that people struggle with is how do they control their thoughts, right? How do they not let their thoughts get away from them, whether it's with regards to something that's making them anxious or depressed, or they're perseverating on something, or they're constantly ruminating about something, you know, these kinds of things, right? So this is why I think, you know, life really comes down to being able to optimize your nervous system, which is being able to control your nervous system. Integrate all the parts of it, a little bit of Carl Jung here, right? And bring the shadows forward and all the other things that are there to become your complete, you know, the complete expression of who you are, your individuated self. And I think that's a really, that's a fascinating process, quite honestly. So I love that process.
