10-16-2011, 10:29 PM
I think it was Carl Jung who said that any person is capable of any evil - and any good.
A couple of thousand years ago, people cheered in Rome to see a young boy eaten by a lion. We've repressed these urges in ourselves to the point where most (or almost all) of us today would say that we don't have them. The feelings have been sublimated, and they come out in dreams and fantasies.
Rather than being unhealthy, Jung believed fantasy was healthy, because to become an individuated person, you need to accept your shadow (or darker side) into your life. All he meant by this was that you have to recognise and accept that these things exist in you. He didn't want people to go on a mass killing spree.
The point is that by repressing urges, you're more likely to act on them. Take catholic priests for example. They repress their sexuality and then (some) end up by acting out their sexuality in an unhealthy and damaging way.
I'd say, accept your fantasy as part of yourself as a human being. Accept that you have whatever feelings or desires you're concerned about. By doing that you'll be less likely to act them out in reality.
A couple of thousand years ago, people cheered in Rome to see a young boy eaten by a lion. We've repressed these urges in ourselves to the point where most (or almost all) of us today would say that we don't have them. The feelings have been sublimated, and they come out in dreams and fantasies.
Rather than being unhealthy, Jung believed fantasy was healthy, because to become an individuated person, you need to accept your shadow (or darker side) into your life. All he meant by this was that you have to recognise and accept that these things exist in you. He didn't want people to go on a mass killing spree.
The point is that by repressing urges, you're more likely to act on them. Take catholic priests for example. They repress their sexuality and then (some) end up by acting out their sexuality in an unhealthy and damaging way.
I'd say, accept your fantasy as part of yourself as a human being. Accept that you have whatever feelings or desires you're concerned about. By doing that you'll be less likely to act them out in reality.