One of the most striking proofs of the unconscious thought process is phantasy, which centres around bodies of thoughts, signs, tokens and words. They also represent our “instinctual” aims towards an object. Through external experience our unconscious can be projected and introjected. Freud and more insistently Jung, believed that there was almost an osmotic process undertaken by complexes/clustered thoughts, feeling etc of the unconscious, that seek to move from a source of high concentration to low. That is frustrations, phantasies, wish-fulfilment all bound in by a complex state seek expression in some less-unconscious form and as such was proof of the unconscious itself. However, if such a process was blocked unable to freely diffuse by experiencing; sensation, dream or libidinal and discursive instinct for example, they could be redirected and inhabit “other” phantasies, character (mannerisms), inhibitions, neurosis and sonality.
Ironically so many of us are unaware of the mechanisms that give rise to reality, thinking that our own self awareness of the interplay between knowledge of the external world and expression of the unconscious simply leaves us blank and we miss any inference (often from others) that might put us on higher trail. For example what happens to that phantasy of a child that contributes substantially to their way of so rapidly learning as they “mature” ? Is it suppressed and unique instincts rearranged as we age? Thankfully some become idiomatic and are reattributed to a collective unconscious that resonate with our everyday existence.
Such a discussion is not tepid. There are certain inferences here to digest, or did you miss them. The journey to reframe how you think and act in some small part of the world might recommence if you dare. Perhaps with the help of one of our little T-shirt treasures. They are designed to infer an experience whether conscious or unconsciously aware and be a psychic representation of an instinct. For example rebellion, revolution, freedom of speech. They are also a fun phantasy (such a misused word), both common and unique, resonating with your mood of life and experience. Ultimately we believe in a process of unconscious distillation that can simply represent a free flow of ideas in a personalised idiom. Give them a go reframe your life and place in it.
