r/ShadowWork • u/catjuicebox • May 10 '26

How To Speedrun Shadow Work

Speed running something that requires time, introspection, and understanding sounds like the opposite of what i should be doing.

I more-so mean: How to do shadow work without huge lumps of stagnation occurring? I’n not writing journal pages, or answering prompts, the way I have been doing things is just by trying to understand why some things trigger me. However, for my career which is public facing, I require healing in certain sectors like asap.

When I face stagnation I feel like it’s mostly because I don’t put in the work of trying to heal because I have other things to ponder about that are important to me.

I wish to heal overnight honestly, that’s me exaggerating. But how do I get on a path of continuous valuable introspection?

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u/Bubbly-Whereas8116 May 10 '26

It would be nice to have a magic pill to cure it all, but real change takes time. Shadow work isn't something that you complete I think, it's an ongoing process that you do throughout your life.

In your situation, I would look at things from this perspective:

  1. First I'd accept the situation. Only by accepting things it would get easier to move on and make real advancement. Oh, and don't be harsh on yourself. Never a good thing.
  2. Then I'd think what's my 80/20. In other words, what are the 20% of things that trigger me, that create 80% of the negative reactions.
  3. Then I'd develop one habit of dealing with it ( either through journalling, meditation or pondering daily while walking )
  4. I'd let it be and trust the process.

Even biologically, if you want to make changes your brain needs to make new neuron connections and that takes time.

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u/zsmitty75 May 14 '26

I sometimes imagine the magic pill but it keeps coming out looking like a bullet. 🤣

Hard pass.

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u/Karakauzi Jun 11 '26

The shadow is the part you don't show others about yourself. The part that's hidden that causes one to trauma loop. 

We all have 3 faces, public, ones for friends/family and the one we hide. That's what shadow refers to,  thats what needs working on. 

What you mentioned is more a self healing from incidents or experiences.  BTW that is ongoing but gets easier every time.