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Although Jung\u2019s theory of typology is the foundation of various personality assessments, it is important to appreciate its profundity as Jung\u2019s theory of consciousness. The four functions of consciousness - sensation, intuition, thinking, and feeling--are governed by two attitudes, extraversion, and introversion. Jung defines extraversion as \u201can attitude type characterized by concentration of interest on the external object.\u201d

Since the movement of psychic energy is outward, extroverts find gratification in social and collegial interactions. Extraverts, therefore, need to distinguish individual goals from relational expectations and cultural norms lest they sacrifice inner reality to outer influences. A vital sense of life direction and the unconstrained pursuit of goals requires differentiating outer from inner and is central to Jungian theory. Knowledge of one\u2019s typology can enlist consciousness in psyche\u2019s quest for balance and wholeness.\xa0

Here\u2019s the dream we analyze:

\u201cI am perhaps 4 or 5 months pregnant, and I am at my grandad\u2019s house. I am miscarrying. There is blood and tissue everywhere, and I can feel it happening very viscerally. My grandad and a woman I don\u2019t know are helping to clean it up. There is going to be a party, and I don\u2019t want anyone to know what has happened. Family has arrived now, and I am distracted and worried about people finding out. My grandad can see this and says to me, \u201cwhy don\u2019t you go up to my room?\u201d This is so I can hide the bucket full of blood. When I get upstairs, the bucket is almost completely clean, just some remnants, but anyone finding it wouldn\u2019t know what had happened. Suddenly my aunt enters the room, and I kick the bucket under the bed to hide it. She talks to me urgently and intensely, I\u2019m not sure what about, but I am distracted. Later, a miscarriage happens again, but even more intensely. This time I see a noticeable baby, small, long, pale blueish. I think I should call the hospital, but I don\u2019t want to. I worry that it might be a medical emergency, but I am still resistant.\u201d

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