Identity Under Silence
Identity Under Silence When the Noise Stops, the Self Appears By Arafa Alhammadi – Arafa’s World™ Introduction: Why Silence Terrifies the Modern Self Most people are not afraid of noise. They are afraid of silence. Silence removes the stage. It strips away performance, validation, reaction, and applause. It leaves one alone with something far more dangerous: the self . In a world engineered for constant expression, posting, reacting, proving, and explaining, silence has become suspicious. If you are quiet, people assume something is wrong. If you withdraw, they assume weakness. If you do not announce your becoming, they doubt your existence. But psychology, philosophy, and depth studies tell a different story. Silence does not erase identity. It reveals it. Carl Jung wrote that what we do not bring into consciousness appears in our lives as fate. Silence is often the doorway through which the unconscious finally speaks. Erich Fromm warned that modern humans confuse having ...
