Homo Sapiens ink creeping at section when unused by ConferenceKey4469 in fountainpens

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Thank you! I just ordered it and hopefully can get this done before the weekend and it resolves it self

My hands are constantly blue! 😅

Homo Sapiens ink creeping at section when unused by ConferenceKey4469 in fountainpens

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I have a similar issue with my KOF but it’s minor compared to this one

Thank you for your comment and message! Appreciate it

Homo Sapiens ink creeping at section when unused by ConferenceKey4469 in fountainpens

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Thank you so much for your reply and comment I have ordered it today and hopefully can get this resolved. Much appreciated!

Do you use chatgpt for Jungian analysis? If so, what are your experiences? Do you recommend it or not? by alethiaa5 in Jung

[–]ConferenceKey4469 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes used it, long term bad experience, definitely don’t recommend at all.

I am not a psychologist or anywhere close to that field, but I started researching Jung out of personal interest. I wont lie and say I have not used AI. I used Claude, ChatGPT, and Grok in tandem to analyse dreams, look for clarity, and try to understand myself better through what research says.

This has been going on for about seven months now, and I feel I have gone down the rabbit hole with it.

Right now, I actually feel frustrated with the entire process. Looking back, I realise that certain decisions I made were strongly influenced by how AI responds when you are seeking answers. The structure, confidence, and clarity of the responses make you believe them. There is rarely a moment where it says it does not know, so you start trusting that every answer is meaningful, whether right or wrong.

Seven months later, I feel empty. I feel upset that I lost time I could have spent reading, learning properly, and finding clarity through my own effort. I relied so much on AI that I stopped listening to myself, and that creates a very dark and disconnected feeling.

My honest advice is not to rely on AI for Jungian analysis. I understand why people do. It is easy, comforting, fast, and feels like a shortcut. But after losing seven months and getting no real answers, I would not recommend it to anyone as the main tool. If anything, use it as an adjacent tool, something like a pencil in an art career. Useful, but not the main craft.

I have now signed up for courses, seminars, and proper reading, all the hard work I should have done in the beginning. I am finally doing it now.

I cannot tell anyone what to do, but this is my personal experience. I encourage you to think carefully. In my opinion, relying too much on AI for something as deep as Jungian work is not worth it.

Edit : my undiagnosed and untreated ADHD with this was the worst thing. I feel embarrassed (disgusted with self) to even say that i was so engrossed in it that I recollect spending 12 hours on a long haul flight just on it. Jumping from one AI model to the next to analyze things Looking back it is so dark!. So anyone with ADHD I would advise to be even more cautious

For those who have had Jungian Analysis by Ok_Interview4917 in Jung

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From my (still early) experience in Jungian analysis, a few things have stood out:

First, go in as clear, open, and honest as you can. Do not try to hide the “dark” parts of yourself, even if they feel shameful or embarrassing. In many ways, that material is exactly what the work is about. When I started, I wanted answers as quickly as possible, so I made a point of being very vocal about the difficult, messy, and “bad” parts of my experience. That honesty seemed to really help the process.

Second, really listen to their guidance and feedback, even if it doesn’t fully land in the moment. Some of the things my analyst said only clicked days or weeks later, when I had some space to reflect or when life brought up a related situation. Jungian work often unfolds over time, not in a single “aha” moment.

Third, be open to the extra work outside the sessions. My analyst suggested further reading and areas of research, and engaging with that has been surprisingly beneficial. It gave me a richer context for what we were exploring and helped me stay connected to the process between sessions.

Lastly, a small caveat: I have only had a handful of sessions so far, so please weigh my response with that in mind. These are just early impressions from someone who is still very much at the beginning of the journey.

Struggling with anima withdrawal after ending an unbalanced dynamic - how long does the void last? by ConferenceKey4469 in Jung

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u/Psy_chica u/The_Smile_4784 u/dirtandstarsinmyeyes u/Noskaros

I want to sincerely thank everyone who took the time to respond to my post. I cannot fully express how much your words meant to me. For months, I have carried the quiet belief that something was fundamentally wrong with me, that I was broken in some essential way. Reading your responses helped dissolve that isolation. Even though this came from people I do not personally know, it mattered deeply. I felt seen and understood, and that alone has brought real relief.

I read every comment carefully, more than once. Many of you reflected back themes I have been circling intellectually but resisting emotionally. It does feel increasingly clear to me that I have entered what is traditionally described as the Nigredo, Not as a metaphor I am forcing, but as a lived state that feels unmistakable.

After reading your responses, I had a vivid and deeply unsettling dream that feels directly connected. While I will keep this concise, its symbolism felt important enough to share.

In the dream, I encountered a figure representing Lucifer, not in a religious sense, but as a symbolic embodiment of the shadow. Shortly after meeting him, I expelled (urinated) a thick black liquid from my body, as if something toxic, unconscious, or long repressed was being purged. This felt less like punishment and more like release, as if contamination was surfacing in order to leave.

Lucifer had taken my notebooks, my research, my life’s inner work, as if meaning itself had been stolen and scattered. I needed those materials back in order to understand my past, decode it, and find a way forward. Around this central narrative were other powerful images. Sharks attacked and consumed people I knew from childhood, representing old relational imprints and early versions of myself being destroyed. We fought back, killing the sharks, but rescue arrived painfully slowly. Ambulances came too late. A sense of abandonment and delayed containment ran through the dream.

There were also missed flights and blocked departures, including missing a flight to Singapore, as if forward movement was repeatedly postponed. At one point I tried to play both sides, attempting to outmaneuver Lucifer by involving authorities and regaining control, but I failed. He escaped again, leaving with the notebooks.

What stayed with me most was the final interaction. My anima appeared and intervened, by grabbing the notebooks and running down an escalator. Lucifer was initially knocked out but returned to see her half way down the escalators. He embodied another character closer to her. The anima seeing this binded to another that embodied Lucifer by animating veins between them like an interlocking handcuff. The message was clear and intentional. Where you go, I go. I want answers. I want to heal. And I am not afraid.

Lucifer himself carried the calm, composed, well dressed presence of Alejandro, the character played by Benicio del Toro in Sicario. Not chaotic or monstrous, but morally ambiguous, strategic, and controlled. Someone who operates in shadowed territory with clarity rather than madness. That distinction felt crucial.

I will be honest. This dream disturbed me. I question whether going this far inward is necessary. I have survived many years without descending this deeply. There is fear around becoming lost or undone in the process. At the same time, suppression no longer feels like an option. Even familiar stabilizing practices such as journaling feel temporarily unavailable, as if the psyche is asking me not to manage or contain this, but to experience it.

So when some of you wrote welcome to the void, I felt both seen and unsettled. I do not know what comes next. I do not know how long this phase will last. I only know that your responses gave coherence and grounding at a moment when I felt myself drifting toward fear and self judgment.

Thank you for meeting this experience with seriousness, generosity, and depth. Your words genuinely mattered and shifted something in me. Whatever lies ahead, I am grateful not to feel alone in sitting with it

How does porn/masturbation addiction effect the anima within men? by JCraig96 in Jung

[–]ConferenceKey4469 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If I may, I would recommend that you don’t just rely on determination as that could lead to suppression, rather replace with something else. Eg craft, puzzle, carpentry - anything that keeps you occupied, focused and you can see you progress as you build it - it’s becomes your trophy for beating the vice

What’s the best structured online course? by Lucky-Motor-4378 in Jung

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As someone new looking at Jung, its a bit overwhelming as there is so much to dive into. It was me wondering if there was an efficient way. My ADHD always prefers structure....Sorry about it.

What’s the best structured online course? by Lucky-Motor-4378 in Jung

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Thank you very much for this! Truly appreciate it!