In this sense, the most common obstacles and mishaps during the individuation process are inflation and megalomania on the one hand, and depression and lack of motivation on the other. In both cases, there is disorientation accompanied either by a feeling of immense power and impartiality – which are more resistant to seeking psychotherapeutic help −or by a sense of worthlessness, of not being important at all and victimism. The first represents a hypomanic state; the second, depression. Therefore, in the process of individuation, the person establishes a channel of communication with the Self, to such an extent that it acts as a guideline for the individual's life, making them aware of the fact that they are a unique human being, but at the same time, inserted in a human context, with all the issues that involve an ordinary person. Hence the importance of Jung's discovery of archetypes and archetypal tendencies of the collective unconscious, as universal and timeless collective tendencies of human behavior, forming patterns of thought, images and symbols that influence the actions, emotions and ideas of individuals. Arché, from the Greek, principle, origin. And typos, as models, types, forms. From this comes the concept that represents the first prototype of something: the original form of universal ideas, emotions and behaviors, which can vary greatly in detail without losing their basic pattern. The four main archetypes to emerge from Jung's work include the anima/animus, the self, the shadow and the persona. In addition, Jung referred to the images of the hero, wise old man, the child, the father, the mother, among others.