Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 13 minutes ago
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CONTEMPT feels like a gut punch. It’s a cold, distancing act that devalues a person even as it avoids solving a real problem. The contemptuous are full of shame, fear, or hurt, so they recreate those feelings in others to evade their own issues. Unlike anger (which tries to correct an injustice), disgust (which avoids what feels contaminating), or hatred (which seeks destruction), contempt asserts superiority and cuts off relatedness. It shows up in eye‑rolling, sarcasm, mockery, and a habit of judging others as beneath one’s standards. Whether you’re struggling to survive it thrown at you, or you’ve been told you unconsciously do it, there is a way to transcend it.
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DREAM WITH US, and we’ll teach you how to interpret them! tinyurl.com/TJLdreamschool
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CONTEMPT feels like a gut punch. It’s a cold, distancing act that devalues a person even as it avoids solving a real problem. The contemptuous are full of shame, fear, or hurt, so they recreate those feelings in others to evade their own issues. Unlike anger (which tries to correct an injustice), disgust (which avoids what feels contaminating), or hatred (which seeks destruction), contempt asserts superiority and cuts off relatedness. It shows up in eye‑rolling, sarcasm, mockery, and a habit of judging others as beneath one’s standards. Whether you’re struggling to survive it thrown at you, or you’ve been told you unconsciously do it, there is a way to transcend it.
Read along with the dream: thisjungianlife.com/contempt
GO DIRECTLY TO THE DREAM: 59:30
LOOK & GROW
*Do you have a topic you want us to cover? tinyurl.com/TJLpodcastideas
*WE NEED YOUR HELP! Become a patron to keep TJL running: tinyurl.com/TJLPatreon
*We’d like to take a crack interpreting your dream: tinyurl.com/senddream
*We’ve got totally new Merch! this-jungian-life.printify.me/products
*Order your copy of Dream Wise: Unlocking the Meaning of Your Dreams from the hosts of This Jungian Life podcast and open the secret door: https://a.co/d/go0ucNv
