The Psychology Insight

24/08/2025

24/08/2025

How Unconscious Patterns Shape Our Fate?

Carl Jung’s timeless insight, featured above, invites us to look deeper into our minds:
"Until the unconscious is brought into awareness, it unconsciously controls your actions, shaping your life’s path—what you call fate, until you make those hidden influences conscious and take control" (Jung, 1963, p. 123).

Most of us move through life believing we are fully in control, yet repeated challenges, puzzling habits, and “bad luck” sometimes seem to follow without explanation. Jung reveals that much of what directs our life happens beneath the surface—within the unconscious. When unexamined, these hidden beliefs, buried memories, and old wounds run on autopilot, guiding our choices and reactions. What feels like fate may only be the inertia of unawareness.

23/08/2025

Can you describe a moment in your life that hurt you the most?

23/08/2025

22/08/2025

22/08/2025

Accidental Brain Injury “Cured” Man’s OCD

In a remarkable and tragic twist of fate, a man suffering from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) experienced a complete remission of symptoms following a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

Before the incident, “George” was consumed by relentless compulsions – washing his hands hundreds of times a day and obsessively showering. The bullet, which lodged in his left frontal lobe, couldn’t be fully removed by doctors.

Within three weeks, his compulsive behavior drastically declined.

Over the next five years, George rebuilt his life – thriving academically and professionally.

Medical experts believe the bullet disrupted the precise brain circuits responsible for OCD, while sparing the rest of his mental functioning.

Important Note: This was an extremely rare and accidental occurrence – not a treatment – but it highlights how much we still have to learn about the brain’s role in mental health.

Reported by the New York Times, 1988

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