Last time we spoke of childhood as a care
free bubble.
We've seen also that in its earliest stage
the self-image is absent but develops over
time as a content of memory.
Today we further elaborate on this, and then
I'll introduce the psychic features of the
unbearable age - puberty.
To understand what is to come a brief reiteration
on my last video is necessary.
The child in his early years we said he operates
on impulse ; has not yet developped consciousness,
nor is he capable of long term memorization.
So we're at the presence of a tiny entity
which, given the fact cannot remember much
of anything is often unconscious of his surroundings,
and thus often unphased by any type of problem.
He likes to break stuff, put things in his
mouth and do whatever his urges command.
Should these actions be restrained by the
parents, the child may cry for a couple minutes
but the memory of the event is to vanish rapidly.
Even after he's constructed an ego, he still
remains untroubled.
The restraints put forth by the parents to
inhibit his compulsiveness, "He submits to
them or circumvents them, remaining quite
at one with himself.
He does not yet know the state of inner tension
which a problem brings about."
This state emerges only during the unbearable
age of puberty which features a more encompassing
and enhanced state of consciousness.
Carl jung calls it the "dualistic phase",
which comes right after the child has developped
an ego, a self-image.
We said that even after the child has developped
that self mage he still has zero personal
troubles.
Conversely, the dualistic phase refers to
a point where problems at last gain access
to that inner world of the child.
Now he can entertain a problem, is subject
to psychic imablance, and negative emotions
are processed deeply.
"Resorting to psychological terms we
would say : the state induced by a problem-the
state
of being at variance with oneself-arises when,
side by
side with the series of ego-contents, a second
series of
equal intensity comes into being.
This second series,
because of its energy-value, has a functional
significance
equal to that of the ego-complex; we might
call it another,
second ego which in a given case can wrest
the
leadership from the first.
This brings about an estrangement
from oneself-the state that betokens a problem."
The dualistic phase is thus the age of puberty.
The next is going to be about the psychic
characteristics of adulthood.
I hope you've enjoyed this one, thanks for
watching and, I'll see you soon.
Bye :)
