Comments by "Faramund" (@faramund9865) on "Carl Jung and the Psychology of the Man-Child" video.

These things sound so Indo-European. Men would be sent on journeys to prove their worth. They’d often go raiding, trading and so forth. And the rites as well sound very familiar.
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For me it’s neither. I don’t have a close bond to my mother nor my father. Although I try to have a better bond with my mother, our relationship was cold and rocky for the longest time. Only when she got terminally sick she started to soften up a bit. My father is a wimp, for the lack of a better word. He lets himself be dominated by my mother. My mother is a very negative person. And people say the same of me. Ironically my mom doesn’t see how negative she is and complains how negative I am. But my father and sister see it quite clearly. Always nay-saying to everything and constantly annoyed. She is also very harsh in order to compensate for my fathers weakness. It’s no good... When I was young I wasn’t allowed anywhere, but now that I’m old she suddenly expects me to be a grown-up and tries to push me out. And I feel very strongly that I’ve been looking for a ‘mother’ in girls. I contact them seeking some kind of protection from the world. As well as nourishing...
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