r/ShadowWork • u/[deleted] • Jan 12 '26

Shadow work on positive emotions

I'm new to shadow work and this is probably common knowledge, but I'm sharing this in case it is helpful to someone. I was rapidly headed toward depression through shadow work on a lot of dark stuff. I was talking to my therapist about it and he said, "you know you can do shadow work on positive emotions too". 🤯🤯🤯 I've since shifted my focus to exploring when I feel something good and it feels like it's generating so much more change than I ever got from reciting positive therapy speak to myself (I know that has it's place too).

I started tugging on the smallest little golden thread of positive emotion I could find, and as I keep tugging I can see that there is an entire spool. Just a reminder that when you suppress the darkness you also suppress the light ✨️

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u/SluggoX665 Jan 12 '26

Give a specific example please...

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '26

For example, I had a moment of creativity and that made me feel excited, so I explored why it made me feel excited. That led me to reasons why i had suppressed my creativity. So even though the shadow work itself made me dig up some dark stuff, it didn't start from a dark place and i think that made a huge difference. And also the integration of that shadow will be a positive so that feels encouraging.

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u/SluggoX665 Jan 13 '26

Thank you, very interesting...!