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As a child, Jung suffered from multiple personality disorder and was convinced that he had two personalities – a modern Swiss citizen and the other was more up to date with the eighteenth century. -
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Carl Gustav Jung was born in Kesswil Switzerland. He was the son of Paul Achilles Jung (a rural pastor) and Emilie Preiswerk – Jung was their fourth but only surviving child. He had a strained relationship with his mother because she suffered many mental problems – including depression - she believed she was visited by spirits at night. This relationship shaped his attitude towards women for the rest of his life. -
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A classmate knocked him to the ground at 12 years of age resulting in Jung having frequent dizzy spells whenever he tried to go to school. Due to this, he did not attend school for several months. -
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Student at the university of Basel studying medicine