(From "Archetypal Dimensions of the Psyche" "The Discovery of Meaning in the Idividuation Process" pg 221 von Franz)
Jung once divided the main events in psychological treatment into these four stages. I feel like "Confession" is still something I very much have to work on.
According to Jung, the purpose of Confession "is to relieve the individual of painful, repressed secrets or affects that isolate him from his fellow human beings."
"It is," says Jung, "as though man had an inalienable right to behold all that is dark, imperfect, stupid, and guilty in his fellow men." And, "It seems to be a sin in the eyes of nature to hide our inferiority--just as much as to live entirely on our inferior side. There would appear to be a sort of conscience in mankind that severely punishes everyone who does not somehow and at some time, at whatever cost to his virtuous pride, cease to defend and assert himself, and instead confess himself to be fallible and human. Until he can do this, an impenetrable wall shuts him off from the vital feeling that he is a man among men."
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