My Toxic Trait is Writing Articles about Foreplay, Sex, and Carl Jung.

The past year, we’ve all noticed the trend on Social: “My toxic trait is ____”. This is a catchy social media caption where you typically add a funny, tongue-cheek answer that bridges self-deprecation and pokes at society’s poor mental health in 2024.

While I posit this trend started as a way to distill the current grudgery of dating and relationships onto yourself vs. the other (okay, or both), which has now expanded to be a catch-all for “guilty things I do”.

I’m writing this because, beyond social media, I glean a shift in society’s attempt to begin to think more introspectively, which is worth applause (along with some humor)

Connecting the dots:

Toxic traits have to do with society’s unknown adventure of actually exploring archetypes, specifically the SHADOW. Within this quest, there’s a mountain of learning that can make us all better humans, even if you currently use Toxic traits for witty commentary to get a few likes.

So what the heck are Archetypes?

Archetypes are universal symbols or patterns that exist in the collective unconscious, as proposed by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung. It’s quite scientific, as his theories are still used in modern psychology. These archetypes, or symbols…