The Shadow: Become Who You're Afraid To Be

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3 ай бұрын

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In this short fiction story, a young man moves away from his home city of Edinburgh into the Scottish countryside. Now, completely alone and isolated from the world, he hopes he will finally find peace, quiet, and the space to be himself. He quickly discovers this won't be as easy as he hoped.
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@edefedd3121 2 ай бұрын

Before he changes the title, the current title is: Sympathy for Monsters

@antuan9325 2 ай бұрын

Why does he change it

@BrainDonors 2 ай бұрын

@@antuan9325he wants reach

@DontwatchB 2 ай бұрын

@@antuan9325algorithm fishing I guess..

@agmhelena7266 2 ай бұрын

no it wasnt

@user-zp8kj2cl9g 2 ай бұрын

Let's hope he doesn't delete your comment.

@_uncredited 2 ай бұрын

I suspect the shopkeeper and the monster are in cahoots. Those elixirs won't sell themselves.

@user-uq6iu7iz9o 2 ай бұрын

Reminds me of how expensive therapy is

@LuisSierra42 2 ай бұрын

@@user-uq6iu7iz9o yep, journalists are in cahoots with therapists, hyping up mental health and such

@Yoshemo1 2 ай бұрын

@@user-uq6iu7iz9o Therapy is expensive because it is stuck in the medical insurance system, which artificially raises the cost of providing care. I know many therapists who see as many clients for free as they can fit in their schedule, and only charge the minimum that health insurance will allow for the rest. Doctors want to help people, but when money interests get involved it messes things up.

@AmaraYeo 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@parsley88 2 ай бұрын

:)))

@ayyyyyu1988 Ай бұрын

"Would you come upstairs?" is a symbol of bringing the unconsciousness to become conscious. "Yes. Thank you" symbolized the understanding that finally it got, and a chance to have dialogue with its owner

@valeryhilario8778 22 күн бұрын

Chills down my spine

@SpeedUpThatComputer 2 ай бұрын

The "monster" is basically a shadow of ourselves. We cannot destroy it but we can acknowledge it and try to understand it. Through learning about it we can develop into a better and more whole person.

@fazialado9194 2 ай бұрын

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@jrca99777 2 ай бұрын

Suicide ? :p

@josiahamaze 2 ай бұрын

The end to the battle is realizing there is no monster. We've been conditioned to think we're monsters.

@JtRiddell 2 ай бұрын

@@josiahamaze what makes you think people aren't, or can't be monsters? If a person is unaware of the darkness we holds in our hearts and minds, I can't hold much hope for the future of humanity.

@JtRiddell 2 ай бұрын

If only learning about "the monster" were that easy. Mine is hardly trying to have a conversation, or I'm far too dense to understand or hear it.

@1010ansh 2 ай бұрын

Carl Jung philosophy of confronting our shadow is the message accordng to me. The more we try to hide monsters inside us the more we become like it, unfortunately the world does not give us the privilege to reveal our monsters. The ones who don't find an outlet succumb to their inner monsters before the world can understand or help them.

@urban_phantom7750 2 ай бұрын

Watch what is happening in Gaza and ask yourself again if people are hiding their inner monster

@CorruptDemocratsJ6 2 ай бұрын

@@urban_phantom7750 Interesting you choose only gaza and not ukraine/russia or anywhere else. We're talking on a more relatable individual person to person basis, not military industrial complex globalists/democrat/uniparty geopolitical manuevers often carried out behind false flag operations. israel should definitely chill out, but most of us know how jews are. go research more on blackrock and the corporations/Elites that are in control of The West. President Trump 2024! biden/obama regime and their trillionaire funders started these wars, told netanyahu they'd back him up just like zelensky.

@JimBillyRayBob 2 ай бұрын

Once you have accepted your flaws. no one can use them against you. - Tyrrion Lannister

@fisheads 2 ай бұрын

@urban_phantom7750 Voltaire said Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. I am so far removed from what's going on in Gaza in every way that it's hard to tell who the monster is

@fisheads 2 ай бұрын

Could be Nietzsche, Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

@8DiegoMarchi8 2 ай бұрын

As someone who grew in a abusive home very similar to the one described in this video, the struggle to accept this monster that was nourished with rejection and violence is very real. It takes a lot to face your traumas and break the cycle. Bertrand shows this by trying to fight it head on or by numbing himself. But ultimately it would always lead back to the hatch in the basement, what I envision as the unconscious. In other words, the monster will remain there until you are able to embrace it without judgment, letting yourself feel accepted as you are, because the monster itself is literally a part of you.

@taketheredpill1452 2 ай бұрын

Well done

@menghan9260 2 ай бұрын

I didn't understand this video until I read your beautiful short comment.

@martino1712 2 ай бұрын

Man, you said it in an incredibly beautiful way

@ShaunXzb 2 ай бұрын

nice resume

@deviousj5868 2 ай бұрын

How does one do it?

@burstingolem8023 2 ай бұрын

That "thank you" hit much harder than expected

@JtRiddell 2 ай бұрын

If I were able to have this type of conversation with 'that which screams in my head', I'd be thankful, as well.

@marinjuranic9019 Ай бұрын

Thank you.

@AddictedGamer-tt6xn 24 күн бұрын

yep

@fatherburning358 2 ай бұрын

After almost 40yrs of weaponry and elixir I now talk with my monster. It's hard work for us both. Little by little we understand each other. We no longer need weapons and elixir, but sometimes we get triggered by the outside world and need to retreat to the basement. Sometimes we have a really good day together, those are nice.

@JtRiddell 2 ай бұрын

How? I'm sorry but I'm far too jaded and tired for this type of comment and no answer. If you're trying to be poignant and cute, no hate or disrespect, but it isn't required. It gives a false sense of hope and that's the last thing people in my situation need. However, if you know of a way, I'm begging you to share.

@fatherburning358 2 ай бұрын

@@JtRiddell it is poignant for me. I'm 53 with a 37 yr alcohol problem now almost 1yr behind me. A long, grinding road of suffering. A road paved with shame and self hatred, and still wet with my tears man. You want to know how I got here? Which is just a place of not feeling ashamed to my core, not hating myself and not thinking it would be ok if I got a terminal disease and died in a couple of weeks. It's nothing more than that. Acceptance. That's all it is. After that my lifelong tendency to self directed inner rage got a bit quieter. I thought wtf. I consume a lot of content, cptsd, philosophy, psychology, health, alcohol sobriety,(habits v2. Kevin Ohara) and much more. I made a decision to accept where I was, lift my head up and look forward. Simple as a decision for my self. I trusted myself for the first time I can remember. Easy? Fuk no. Easy now? No. Constant vigilant self awareness? Yes. A little bit more peace of mind and self trust every week? Yeah. Slowly. Like I said, sometimes monster and I have a really good day but sometimes not. Appreciate you reaching out. Hope I've explained a part of my journey clearly. Be well friend. You do have some agency. 💪👍

@fatherburning358 2 ай бұрын

@@JtRiddellsomething strange. I have replied. Took a screenshot so I could remember what I wrote. It's not here now. Don't know why. Yt editing my comments? Who knows. Basically my reply was : accepting myself as being the monster. My dark self. Then uniting. Cptsd, alcohol abuse, depression, for about 37yrs. Hit bottom. Took responsibility. Got up. Life's hard. Sober helps. I am my monster but I'm more than that now. That's just my story. Nothing special. 👍

@JtRiddell 2 ай бұрын

@@fatherburning358 how do you unite? It's that unification, that coming together and being whole that I think might be helpful.

@fatherburning358 2 ай бұрын

@@JtRiddell surrender too...fear, anxiety, shame, guilt, hopelessness, all that about you that you fight. That's what I've learnt from the teaching of others. It has power over you if fight that part of you. It's how some move beyond anxiety, they let it loose in themselves, free to do its worst. Because you no longer resist it, it has nothing to fight. You absorb it, unification of your inner opposing forces. When I stopped fighting myself the inner conversations calmed down. It's a constant process. Surrender and go through the chaos, only through it can we emerge out from it. Again it's what I've learnt from others and it's helped me. Surrender accept

@Kadood 2 ай бұрын

I think the message you aim to portray is pretty simple yet immense in its application. I feel like the audience is Bert and the weapons he uses are self-help videos, we try over and over again to use things or excuses we think might help instead of trying to confront our problems.

@636Knight 2 ай бұрын

I can't sit with my existential crisis now can I..?

@LuisSierra42 2 ай бұрын

It's a metaphor for mindfulness

@1st_amendment694 2 ай бұрын

That's not at all how I interpreted it but it's cool to hear your perspective.

@ao11861 2 ай бұрын

Yeah but that takes the fun of the cycle out of it

@lpmuzza3274 2 ай бұрын

Never thought of it that way

@OpheliaOnFireNoMore 2 ай бұрын

Sometimes, the biggest monsters are ones that live inside us... They have names. Regret, what could have been, what should have been, If only I had the right people around me, I could have been who I was meant to be. Those are the worst kinds of monsters...

@Namaride 2 ай бұрын

hmm you made me think about how im looking at the past. Its never too late to change into something better. Step for step, taking all the time you need instead of wasting that time thinking how it could have been. Thanks mate!

@dkstudioart 2 ай бұрын

We all have a shadow, ideally we learn to control it, not fight it. Jungian psychology.

@CraftyF0X 2 ай бұрын

O yes I meet Mr. Regret every single day... and we don't get along too well.

@wilfredcarin4691 2 ай бұрын

real

@daimsaeed 2 ай бұрын

Man once you have rhe monster that regret is, no other monster can hurt you anymore

@GloryBlazer 2 ай бұрын

the shopkeeper is an absolute chad for keeping it real.

@mynameislove1704 7 күн бұрын

That shopkeeper guy has been through a lot of shit i thought

@Zarasvids 2 ай бұрын

I remember my mom once saying "when I grew up, I was under the impression that everybody understood that we need to learn from the mistakes of our parents and do better than them. Turns out I was so very wrong!" When we were talking about the fathers of me and my sister. She feels she failed us through her choices, as they all held similarities to her mother when she was abusive. Making it so that even though my mom didn’t become what she hated, her choice in partners did that for her.

@JoshuaMiller-rw3sj 15 күн бұрын

afraid of being Jesus Christ and becoming pure and holy , it's been a point of denial for years , so much so I thought I was Joshua general , even went so far as not saying his name. Miss you best friend and baby momma Jennifer Christine lamprecht Christina Isabelle whomever you are you brought magic to my life and true love. Also never be afraid of the acult baby there nothing vs my metaphysical buhhdist sword, the sword of prasna. Stay safe I feel your in grave danger a sex trafficking ring something terrible. Stay safe .

@JustHarrison 21 күн бұрын

In case you didn't get it: the monster was the repressed parts of Bertrand that he had to suppress in order to be accepted into his family/society when he was young. Because he wasn't allowed to be his authentic self as a child, when he grew up he worked a job he didn't care about while letting himself be abused, the way his family/school abused him as a boy. This is why he didn't like being around people. He didn't have a good relationship with the adults in his life when he was young. A good example would be if you were gay and living in a society that says you can't be gay because it's a sin. You don't stop being gay, you just drive that part of yourself into the unconscious where it stays until it reappears later in life as "the monster." Jung actually says the shadow contains the gold of your soul. It's the parts of you that are valuable but you weren't allowed to acknowledge in youth because of judgements, criticisms, and the small-mindedness of the people that raised you. Repression requires large amounts of energy which a young person has. That's why you tend to meet your shadow during mid-life, sometimes known as the mid-life crisis. Your youthful energies are failing which brings you face-to-face with the parts of yourself you were taught were "bad" (thus they appear as monsters). But when you accept those parts, you find that they're sources of rejuvenation, which leads to a kind of "second birth", giving the second half of your life new meaning. Another famous Jung quote is "Life begins at 40. Everything before that is just research." :)

@JustHarrison 21 күн бұрын

Also, BRAVO! Great video!!

@vanilla_bd 8 күн бұрын

beautifully put

@captindo 2 ай бұрын

I had that experience two years and have been great since. I’m a veteran that felt guilty over my roll in being part of a military, and that soldier side of me, it ain’t evil, it’s just part of me that can be used for good or evil. Once you win against that inner darkness, and accept it, you can grow.

@Triangel369 2 ай бұрын

Same brother

@TheBorderRyker 2 ай бұрын

I hear you. 🙏🏻

@yoi1818 2 ай бұрын

Can you explain, I haven't been in the military

@captindo 2 ай бұрын

@@yoi1818 Well, when I was 17 I was in high school when the towers fell. I’m Canadian and hold strong feelings for my brothers and sisters to the south so, I joined the infantry to hunt down and kill terrorists. Turns out things were much more complicated then I thought. I had to make a choice whether or not to kill a, a 12 year old shooting at our camp. We chose to let him go. I made every excuse as to why we couldn’t kill him, turned out I just didn’t have it in me, nor my buddy. He was a genuine sniper ( we only had pt kit on with one times rifle and one pistol between us because our base was attacked), I was a marksman but, we let the kid run away as we figured he was to far away to be affective. I was pissed of with my self for along time, not because of our decision but, that I’d put myself in the situation in the first place. We were sold lies, and we did the bidding of liars and thieves. I was wrong, I trusted my government and was completely deceived why we were in Afghanistan, and I let them mold me into some kinda of monster. I’ve since made peace with that inner darkness and even accepted that violence side of me as being a protector to my family and community if shit hit the fan.

@tygerk2372 2 ай бұрын

@@captindoCan you recommend anyone who gives a good recount of the deception involved with all of that? I appreciate what you've shared so far, but don't want to burden you with a question that might require writing a book here in the comments section. I just want to know where to look to get a better perspective of all that happened.

@vanessahollenbach85 Ай бұрын

Your monster will appear just as youve made a safe space for yourself

@DOCTOROFTT996 Ай бұрын

There is an african proverb, when there is no enemy within the outside enemy can do you no harm.❤

@ellie698 2 ай бұрын

Accept the "monster", it's part of you. Listen to it, make friends with it, accept it, parent it, show it love and compassion It's not your enemy, it's just the part of you that got suppressed and shut away, the part of you that wasn't accepted and embraced. It just needs you to see it, accept it, embrace it It's not a monster, it's the part of you that you weren't allowed to be. It's yearning to be held but doesn't know how else to express itself. It's hurting. It's you.

@luenanda4432 2 ай бұрын

Poetry

@MONARCH_FLIES Ай бұрын

But… Im so afraid! The monster is so ugly. It is cruel. It is disgusting and it is bitter. If others see it’s inside me, what if they wouldn’t love me anymore? I’m afraid.

@limitlessfelh1109 9 күн бұрын

@@MONARCH_FLIES The only person that needs to love you is you!!

@psychedelicartistry Ай бұрын

Yung said there is gold in the shadows. One time, when I took LSD, I was sitting there in my dark room, and saw evil looking shadowy faces that were smiling menacingly at me. I thought to myself "Here it is, the darkness, here's the gold" and sat there and watched and observed them without judgement. I felt so great afterwards.

@hansgunnoo5159 2 ай бұрын

Thats true for me. Over 2 months ive become a person my old self would have hated. Hope i can still change myself

@frostyrohit 2 ай бұрын

This story feels like a metaphor for how complex trauma manifests. Like a monster living in our own basement. And we’re still fighting it like it’s the enemy. But it’s just a part of ourself that’s left behind, angry, and wounded. And we have to stop fighting it in order to heal it. That’s how I experienced this story. 🖤

@jdavid50 Ай бұрын

The climax where he is trashing his house and buying weapon after weapon was really good. You had me captivated.

@Unloved_truly 2 ай бұрын

I’ve been on hard drugs for awhile now but been on the fence about quitting, this vid gives me a lil hope.

@jakeg3126 2 ай бұрын

Good luck! If not, be safe with the drugs, all that tainted stuff going around.

@gaelleflorack3630 Ай бұрын

Good luck to you. The hardest part is becoming able to be self loving and compassionate towards one self... It is getting rid of the shame and the self hate.... (Coming from a french person living in France)

@uchihamadara8693 2 ай бұрын

I can relate to every line in your video. Beginning from being abused as a child which happened to me both physically and verbally by my parents to being bullied and abused from teachers and peers at school , to grow up as an angry person who his filled of vengeance and hatred . I know exactly how it's difficult to communicate with others and exactly like your protagonist i don't bear being surrounded with people rather i prefer being alone despite that as a child i was really social . Also i am desperate to leave the hole country not just the neighborhood. I do suffer from anxiety , stress , and troubles in speech though i am not mentally retarded at all , I always had been one of the first ranked students on the class and i taught myself hell a lot of useful things like multiple languages and also i have huge passion for reading and learning . But constantly i feel the squeezing pain on my head accompanied with images of me being beaten by my parents , screamed at , when the father spitted on my face , and when the mother used to beat me with a wire . But fortunately thanks to my desire to learn and thanks to this channel and many other resources that became available to me when i learned english i became able to dive into my unconsciousness and to know exactly what happened to me without running of the pain . And i can relate also to the part of not fighting the shadow but rather to invite it to my table . I am still 24 and still i have a hell a life in front of my eyes , i want a clean life , i would rather end my life than to be abuser like my parents who they themselves used to tell me how much abuse they received when they were children. I relate to this part because i knew for sure that this pain might never go and the only way to insure a good peaceful clean and decent life without being mentally ill or abuser and miserable is by accepting my pain and becoming a friend to him . Thank you for this video 🙏

@8DiegoMarchi8 2 ай бұрын

Be proud to be the one that stops this cycle of violence. There is a saying "Pain travels through generations until it arrives on someone who is strong enough to feel it all." I can relate so much with this video and your testimony, thank you all and I wish you peace.

@uchihamadara8693 2 ай бұрын

@@8DiegoMarchi8 thank you so much for this saying . I wish you peace too 🙏💙

@izzydeadyet7336 2 ай бұрын

Same but I was an only child. Right from day one I was on my own . I lived in a fantasy world as a child, as a teen and even still but not as vividly as I did as a youth.. I used to reserve my alone time to dwell in my fantasy world And I preferred it to reality and real people.. I even had imaginary enemies as a child. Now at forty I wish I could still live in those vivid imaginary worlds, but the stress of everyday blocks my ability to get passed anxiety thoughts that dominate all.

@uchihamadara8693 2 ай бұрын

@@izzydeadyet7336 i wish you redemption and peace my friend , i know your pain but also i know certainly that we can be stronger than the pain 💙 also i am also the only child and also i used to pull myself into fantcy world , but at some point fantasies lose their brightness and their power so i decided that i should realize in reality what is realizable from my fantasies . We deserve a good life like everyone else cause non of what happened to us was our fault .

@SpiKSpaN-ei6zq 2 ай бұрын

It's like I wrote this 😔

@harshkumbhar3015 26 күн бұрын

The whole world created in this video is Bertrand's mind, the 'Bertrand' is his own conscious thought process and the monster is his repressed former self. His seclusion is him breaking away from obligations placed by other people. All the weapons are ways to repress his 'unwanted' self(monster) and all the defeats he faced represent his own repressed self's wish to be expressed freely. Him talking to the monster is acknowledgment of the repressed self and inviting it upstairs is letting it be expressed. And the hatch in the basement is the depth of his unconscious where his old self resided. I love this metaphor, and this video is amazing! And it ends on the perfect note of the monster getting acknowledged when Bertrand's battle truly ends and he is set free... Wow!!!

@365InnerPeace 2 ай бұрын

Exploring 'The Shadow' and its reflection on becoming what we hate is truly profound. Looking forward to gaining insights and reflections from your thought-provoking content!

@hohoucgguztizi4655 2 ай бұрын

Just a constant pump of great stuff, we are all gifted to be aware if this channel

@izzydeadyet7336 2 ай бұрын

I'm glad so many others feel that way. It seems like everyone in my everyday life have the IQ and depth of a toothpick

@vishnug2961 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely deep and beautiful

@cruzgun7774 2 ай бұрын

"Everyone carries a shadow and the less is embodied, the balcker and denser it is" C. Jung

@jayl5032 2 ай бұрын

I too am like Bertrand. I don't care for the company of people. They exhaust me quickly, and I can only be around them for a few hours at most. It's tiring. I hope you all don't end up like me.

@pixpusha Ай бұрын

I am like this. It's tiring.

@francescosaadeh357 2 ай бұрын

We really need follow-up explanation videos! Your storytelling skills are insane!!! Also, a big thank you to whoever is animating these videos!

@samantha4713 2 ай бұрын

We were all born innocent and loved. The environment around him is all that he knows and feels. He invited his demons into his reality. In the end we have to be self aware and accept the accountability of what is within us.

@SysOpQueen 2 ай бұрын

Das ist eine nette idee, aber sie stimmt nicht. Nicht jeder wird geliebt oder gewollt geboren. Einige der Monster, von denen wir sprechen, sind Babymörder, die es aus sportlichen oder egoistischen Gründen getan haben. Die idee, Mitleid mit Monstern zu haben, geht verloren, wenn man nicht zuerst die übel der welt vollständig versteht und sich eingesteht.

@curioustin1562 6 күн бұрын

Beautiful story. Beautiful storytelling. We need more stories. Stories that faces our current issues. This is beautiful work. Made me cry a good tear.

@DavidBruceChadington 2 ай бұрын

What a beautiful story. Very relatable.

@nowhereman6019 2 ай бұрын

Humanities true greatest power is empathy.

@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female 2 ай бұрын

I mean that's how we got domestication. It's also how we survived the stone age by helping out when members of our tribe had disabilities.

@ouvouvwevwavweenjat3566 2 ай бұрын

@@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female Im against survival, survive for what? Survive to just live and do all this endless work until we die? Im done with humans i want to escape life, life is a disease and death is its cure

@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female 2 ай бұрын

@@ouvouvwevwavweenjat3566 Well that's up to you to decide for yourself. Billions of people will choose to keep on living wether you like it or not.

@ouvouvwevwavweenjat3566 2 ай бұрын

@@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female Alright they can choose to keep on rotting in this earth, humans are blinded by their illusions, and it doenst matter if they keep on surviving and reproducing because one day humans will go extinct and that is getting closer and closer. I will never reproduce more humans into this earth.

@ouvouvwevwavweenjat3566 2 ай бұрын

@@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female One of the many things that bothers me about humans is how they keep on reproducing, this is the biggest flaw of all living creatures but more for humans since they are aware of how rotten and dispicable life is. Yet they let their instincts take over and they reproduce. And by that mistake more life keeps on existing forcefully without a choice, i have been forced into this earth full of expectations and demands from other humans even tho i never asked for this, and now im imprisoned into this trash system made by humans to keep me enslaved and work until i die.

@PiplupPlus 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video, really need it!

@wallacegreen8744 2 ай бұрын

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

@mac2phin 2 ай бұрын

This may have been Robert's best story.

@tywalker215 2 ай бұрын

That was absolutely incredible. Didn't know i needed to hear that. Thank you

@samulai 2 ай бұрын

Loved it. I actually listened.

@JoshuaDb_The_Witness 2 ай бұрын

speaking as an adult, who received a light and life, AU,ADHD, diagnosis, to me what you are describing is a combination, of childhood trauma, or complex post, traumatic stress disorder, and neurodivergent masking. I was physically and emotionally abused as a child, one parent in control, the other one unavailable. I was beaten, ran away from home, constantly, highly curious, but be set with learning disabilities, and due to the years, I was in elementary school, the 70s and 80s 80s, high functioning, autism, and ADHD, we're not as well understood. now, just because one is masking doesn't mean one has a neurodivergent brain. But there are differences between, "narcissistic defenses ", and "neurodivergent masking ". further, just someone has developed "narcissistic narcissistic defenses ", does not make them a person who is suffering from narcissistic personality disorder. People tend to forget, that narcissism, is a character trait that all human beings have, it only becomes problematic, or "pathological "when it is the only way an individual deals with the world. I just want to make sure I'm being very clear which is a function of my autism lol. I have nothing more to add, I just felt it an important point to share. I have always enjoyed your videos.

@SpiKSpaN-ei6zq 2 ай бұрын

I know this all too well 😢

@farhanahmad953 2 ай бұрын

Sir did u say adhd and au ? Pls I need ur advice So I have this friend who has both adhd and autism. I don't know how to make do anything or to help him with his self esteem issues. Please give any sort of advice sir

@JoshuaDb_The_Witness 2 ай бұрын

I'm sorry comrade- all you can do is be patient, remain, present and listen. ❤

@farhanahmad953 2 ай бұрын

So like I just give them time ? Ok I may try that But also if there's something that needs immediate fixing do I do it for them or urge them to do it ?

@JoshuaDb_The_Witness 2 ай бұрын

@@farhanahmad953 I assume this friend is an adult? If that's the case they get to decide what is important and what isn't. If you really want to help- and not attempt to change them- simply ask them what they need. That's all you can do.

@davida1606 Ай бұрын

The willingness to being open minded/mindful/self critical, and facing your fears and insecurities, the truth about yourself and inner struggles. So that they no longer have the power of "fear of the unknown" over you. The monster symbolizes our need to cleanse and heal ourselves towards having peace of mind and sanity. In the light (enlightenment) and quietness we find that peace, beauty and serenity. As we should have had all along.

@santhymx 2 ай бұрын

One of your best stories so far, truly felt it, thank you.

@reef6826 2 ай бұрын

This is true in my case. I used to be a miserable atheist, who never wanted to get married, and said travel is a waste of time. Now I am Orthodox Christian, Married and Living in Central America.

@RemotelySkilled 2 ай бұрын

Your storytelling is great. It makes a well understood topic far more enjoyable than superficially explaining the mechanics of philosophy. Cheers!

@INXS1985 2 ай бұрын

My dad started arguing with me a lot in my teen years. I loved Jesus but didn’t really believe the Bible was fact. We fought for a decade and a half. One day I stopped arguing. I started to make pleas for us to be friendly and loving again. He kept arguing like I was still engaged in the fight. It was then that I realized we were in two different fights- me with him and him with HIS father. My dad wasn’t listening to my words and instead I think was more in his head arguing with his monster, his dad. This was LIFE CHANGING for me because it really solidified were are truly alone and not connected and so you shouldn’t personalize anything others do to you. We can only know ourselves and our own world. Everything we hate and fight is just something in us we don’t understand.

@cslm3r 2 ай бұрын

I so appreciate your videos. Incredibly thought-provoking and enlightening.

@DrumzruLe2 2 ай бұрын

Great work with this. Really… this is gonna help a lot of people, myself included, in understanding the concept of the “shadow”.

@split_jcgg9613 2 ай бұрын

The end was sick.. good job and thank you for the post I thought I had it figured out

@OliveDragon 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for this story. I'll think about it for a while for sure.

@jerrodplummer6850 Ай бұрын

This reminds me of how it feels to get up each day. I try to fight back with reality for not being the perfect place to live life unchallenged and understood, but then I realize we all have our own monsters and limited access to the tools we need to translate and transfer each others desires and fortunes because as much as we have love for one another, we are born into chaos, and no one understands how to gain and grant power as well as respect without disempowering others and themselves without seeing our monsters as companions.

@peculiarlittleman5303 2 ай бұрын

You spot the flaw; you got the flaw. I said that once and nearly got lynched.

@Ray-pp5qb 29 күн бұрын

That's cause it's bullshit.

@jimmyrussell6543 2 ай бұрын

Wow!... What a beautiful story!

@roryspeirs6881 Ай бұрын

Thank you for creating another beautiful artwork. This one really resonates with me. Coincidentally, I even lived in Stockbridge for years and moved back to the Scottish Borders. I have been battling the monster for as long as I can remember; perhaps this will help me realise that ultimately, it is a futile act. Thanks again.

@suzannealdridge1404 2 ай бұрын

Very well put together, thankyou, Love the animations

@belomarselo1026 2 ай бұрын

Yooo the new art style is great i like it

@ricky6107 2 ай бұрын

Your videos are always top grade however this is absolutely class! Thanks 👍

@user-bd6qh5sf8d 2 ай бұрын

Your videos are my therapy

@schadowsshade7870 2 ай бұрын

Wow that’s an amazing new style I really like it!

@Slamlucifer 2 ай бұрын

What is your take on doesteovsky saying even monsters can be changed in his book crime and punishment

@sebastiaan.6493 2 ай бұрын

Dostojevski , next book i am going to read ✌️

@SysOpQueen 2 ай бұрын

Weiße Nächte und Eine Dumme Geschichte sind zwei weitere Geschichten von Fjodor Dostojewski, die Ihre Frage beantworten könnten!

@Slamlucifer 2 ай бұрын

@@SysOpQueenimma check it our for sure. Thank you for the feed

@Here4TheHeckOfIt 2 ай бұрын

It was love that enabled the main character to overcome the toxic effects of his shadow. It's amazing how trauma robs you of the ability to give and/or receive love.

@witchywoman4139 2 ай бұрын

Been a subscriber for some time now, and while I've enjoyed all of your vids, I think this one is my fave. Thank YOU.

@chrisl6630 Ай бұрын

Better Title: "Bertrand, his bag of magic mushrooms, and his fucking sword. "

@adityaitagi 2 ай бұрын

I just stared playing the flute and I was pleasantly surprised when it did on the video too. I've been wanting to deal with my shadow too. Thank you for the sign ❤️ love all your videos, they're so thought provoking!!

@JoshuaMiller-rw3sj 15 күн бұрын

@menggay1365 Ай бұрын

Thank you

@Dalu-8 Ай бұрын

I downloaded this video a week or two ago watched it now my head went WoW.

@user-wl4oi3yh7z 2 ай бұрын

Scaring me with the amazing storytelling

@EndlessAmount 2 ай бұрын

Never stop uploading I love all your vids tbh

@cometonrun 2 ай бұрын

Your content is amazing! I like laying in my bed listening your stories looking at the ceiling, it relax me, thank you!

@lethunkwanyanapoet9579 2 ай бұрын

That's me every night

@rofo121 2 ай бұрын

Great explanation on how traumas become monsters. The key point is how to realize they exist. As they are buried into the subconscious you need a sort of altered state of consciousness (eg psychedelics or a magical therapist) to release it or at least to make it present.

@JoshuaMiller-rw3sj 15 күн бұрын

@neomateo944 2 ай бұрын

Such a timely video...

@mindbehaviour9195 2 ай бұрын

Amazing ❤

@JoshuaPhilipDagami 29 күн бұрын

We should treat the “monster” (which most of the time, ourselves) with acceptance, empathy, and love. After all, all deserves to love and be loved.

@maxpower9211 2 ай бұрын

Thanks bro, you always know what to say to make me feel better about myself. 😉

@alexanderjordan7409 2 ай бұрын

I was confused, yet so intrigued.

@charlesdu84 2 ай бұрын

Loved it! Had me giggling the whole way through. 👹 💛

@ginosk0 2 ай бұрын

Individuation is the process called, or as Jung prefer to conceptualize it. An action which ones takes the courage to embrace ones darkest thought, and be one with it. Not to challenge, but to mere acknowledge its presence and talked with it. Afterall those "sides" were born within us, and from the experiences we've honed. This video show such an outstanding way to understand it and it is indeed very touching if we have to reflect it.

@seghierabdelaziz947 2 ай бұрын

The best video

@nathanielcueto4880 2 ай бұрын

I experienced everything here Experiencing the monster of life Anxiety

@codyrobillard4063 2 ай бұрын

Always love your work man and this one was exceptional. For me this was a great view of how we battle our demons/ addictions. Good stuff man

@beaumatthews6411 2 ай бұрын

This likely is the trigger of a potentially incredibly impactful/important chain of events

@krokodyl1927 2 ай бұрын

It is unfortunate that we don’t get to choose our parents. 🌝

@MarceloNogueiraGoogle 2 ай бұрын

The best channel, ever

@kabirjain4692 2 ай бұрын

Your channel is amazing

@zsauffi 2 ай бұрын

❤ was very touching 💫

@VinayTirupariReddy 2 ай бұрын

7:27 the flute music in the background is soothing.

@immigrationadviser4711 2 ай бұрын

Reach out to your shadow. It projects on others while evil lies within us.

@ncedwards1234 2 ай бұрын

The lack of clarity for what happens next was my favorite part. i think i have an idea though.

@revan6441 20 күн бұрын

That’s one hell of a metaphor ❤

@deviousj5868 2 ай бұрын

I am what I hate. I became what I fear and live in that nightmare every day. I wake up and see myself in the mirror. All the things I didn't want happened to me.😅

@JDBunn 2 ай бұрын

I always refer to my Shadow as if it's a black dog. When I'm feeling down and whatnot I call it 'walking the black dog'. We don't always get along, but I cant imagine facing life without my shadow. As harmful as it can be, it also works as an impeccible balancing tool.

@davdjimenez1150 28 күн бұрын

I feel The original title also elaborates a bit on how we should have a bit of sympathy and understanding for people who have done unspeakable crimes towards others, like the shop keeper says sometimes people grow up in a certain environment that makes them become monsters.

@RehaanUsingThis 2 ай бұрын

I think that monster represents our fear, our uncontrollable desire our SHADOW. Sometimes it's negative to try to be positive. Sometimes it's better to accept negativity, to accept flaws, to accept your shadow. Whether you have this flaw or that one, it's yours...

@Telonious_Terp 2 ай бұрын

I 100% agree, except the word in the title would more accurately be "empathy" not "sympathy"

@leonardlol 2 ай бұрын

Love the video ❤

@Novastar.SaberCombat 2 ай бұрын

Reflection is both key and lock. "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind’s journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul’s fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope’s strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe’s endless refrain, We must see all in nothingness... before we start again." --Diamond Dragons (book I)