Outrageous! What Drives Shocking Behaviors?

This Jungian Life Podcast · Feb 27, 2020 · 1h 3m

DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We can all cite examples of behaviors that defy reason and meaning. How can we understand X shouting those things at a party, or the bizarre thing Y filmed himself doing on YouTube? There is a great array of psychological labels for such behaviors, as if pronouncing them “histrionic,” “manic” or even “drunk” explains radical actions and cascades of feelings. The roots of such exaggerated expressions may lie in early relational traumas and attempts to compensate for authentic lacks by appearing uncaring and daring, or dramatic and…