Puer aeternus
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Oct 5, 2026
Alok KanojiaHOST
And once that happens, the whole ballgame changes.
Alok KanojiaHOST
So if you guys want a complementary perspective to like neuroscience and habit building, strongly recommend you check out our lecture on Puer Aeternus.
Alok KanojiaHOST
which is a Jungian sort of big picture approach to understanding how ADHD shapes your life.
Alok KanojiaHOST
It's not really ADHD, but so many people in the lecture were like, oh my God, this describes me so well.
Oak MountainGUEST
Yeah, 100%.
Oak MountainGUEST
The term in Latin is Puer Aeternus, and it was coined by Jung and made more popular by Marie-Louise von Franz, which was one of his last students.
Oak MountainGUEST
It's also known as Peter Pan syndrome.
Oak MountainGUEST
Essentially, I never want to grow up, right? And we see this a lot because Jung talks about this and Robert Moore talks about it as well, where in order to grow up, Men have to face the most difficult aspect of what it means to be alive, which is severing from what once served as God.