The Sufferer

The Symbols

House, Lion, Seagull, Cypress Tree, Ocean, Fog, Moon

Might Mean

Pain: breakdown, succumbing, being subdued, resignation, powerlessness, defeat, withdrawal, weakness, fragility, inflicting pain

Darkness: affliction, despair, confusion, grief, sadness, depression, struggle, trials, trauma, malignity

Conflict: indignation, fighting, resisting, anger, frustration, growth, challenge, wrestling, revenge

For Example

Movie Clips & Videos:

It's not your fault – Good Will Hunting

A short film to the music On The Nature of Daylight

The Two Fridas

What This Painting Tells Us About Frida Kahlo,
Melancholia: Life Out Of Proportion,
You're Entering a World of Pain – The Big Lebowski,
Hurt People Hurt People – Greenberg

Philippines Eagle's Growing Pains – Our Planet,

Initiation Through Trials – Joseph Campbell,
The Problem of Anger - How to Use the Power of Your Dark Side,
Feelings: Handle Them Before They Handle You – Mandy Saligari,
A Brief History of Melancholy,
The Importance of a Breakdown

Podcasts:
About That Farm Upstate (This American Life),
If You're Often Angry Or Irritable, You May Be Depressed (NPR)

"Jung says that the fiery lion – a passionate emotion – is a preliminary stage to the realization of the unconscious contents. So it is absolutely necessary to brave the lion, that is, to overcome one's emotions before one can enter the unconscious, or eternity."

"We see the lion here as the terrible side of God following the idea of the greatest heat in the zodiac. Jung compares the lion of Judah to the passage about actual fire, and indeed these are the passages he often quotes to show that facing an encounter with the Self needs downright heroism."

"Standing the fire of the emotions is the one thing that gets one near to the fire of the psychological Self. Some people, of course, have a strong moral sense and then the fire means accepting the shadow."

– Barbara Hannah, The Archetypal Symbolism of Animals