The Dark Knight of the Soul.

Jung referred to it as  "The Dark Night of the Soul"... I jumped in, up to my eyeballs.. for the past 5 years when I embarked on training to become a psychotherapist (a decision that didn't come lightly). As it required a deep surrender, to the self-shattering and tumultuous dance between letting go & holding on, old & new, pain & joy.

I found moments of enlightening awareness, ecstatic joy, and belly-aching laughter at my distorted wounds.

https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/dark-night-of-soul