Up: [[Analysis]] Related: [[Analysts Have to Carefully Gauge Ego Strength]] Created: 2025-12-18 1. You’re not running on a narrow track. You have an increased capacity to experience a wide range of emotions, physical sensations, thoughts, and images. 2. You are able to do more self-witnessing, so you can pause and reflect objectively before you act. 3. You’re more aware of your physical sensations and what they mean for you. 4. You aren’t reactive when someone criticizes you or challenges something you believe. 5. You aren’t avoiding difficult or overwhelming experiences. You are able to calm your nervous system and move through the experience. 6. You are aware of and open to expressions of the unconscious such as in dreams, intuitions, or synchronicities. You want to integrate the insights that come to you from beyond your ego. > [!User] [[Alyssa Polizzi]], author of a Substack called *The Artemisian* > [excellent list](https://www.theartemisian.com/p/ego-should-be-strengthened)