Self-stigma happens when a person internalizes society’s negative and false views about a condition or identity—such as a mental health issue—and applies those unfair stereotypes to themselves. This process leads to painful self-blame, lowered self-worth, and a harmful “why try” effect that stops people from seeking help or chasing personal goals
James Hillman’s archetypal psychology presents the psyche as fundamentally plural, or or of multiple minds. Human beings do not possess only one psychological voice, value system or centre of intelligence.
Objectivity, in this landscape, usually means not a “view from nowhere,” but “as independent of any one person’s quirks as we can practically make it.”
Listening to your body means paying attention to the signals your whole organism is sending, taking them seriously, and responding in a way that keeps you healthy and steady over time
