Why Some People Shouldn’t Do Shadow Work (At Least Not Yet)

Black and white silhouette of a woman surrounded by other shadows that look like plants

However, there is a cost to this self-fulfilment. Facing the Shadow inevitably means facing parts of ourselves that we do not like; they were repressed into an unconscious personality for a reason. These are the parts of us that we would find the most disgusting, the most difficult to confront, and the most triggering.