During World War II, Frankl was a director of a mental hospital. He was also an organizer of a guidance center, which successfully dealt with youth. Frankl together with other doctors and his family were sent to Nazi death camps. Along with him he brought a manuscript of a book he planned to write. That manuscript was unfortunately destroyed. It was ironic that his desire to write on psychological topics aided him to endure three nightmarish years imprisoned. This situation confirmed to Frankl words by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, words that are often repeated during this book.
The volume is divided into two. The first part explains Frankl’s experience in the death camp. The second part, explains logotherapy and its basic concepts. …show more content…
From my perspective the idea of “logotherapy” while being genius is also quite frustrating to me in the sense that it makes one feel like if they don’t find some type of “existential” meaning in their life, they will be doomed. It hasn’t always been easy for me to find the true meaning of my life or my purpose. I do agree in Frankl’s idea of thinking of loved ones during hard times though. This exercise is one that I have proven time and time again to keep me going through tough situations. It was not an easy read, as I have been going through issues in the past months, and part of my frustration was not knowing how to even grasp or understand life. Another aspect of logotherapy that I did not particularly agree with was the fact that Frankl almost made it seem like one had to focus on positive aspects of life and completely ignore the nitty gritty truth in order to be happy and for one to find meaning in life. It seemed as if he himself turned a blind eye to a lot of the atrocities and the people that were directly in his life. While it might of kept him alive, to me it almost seems like he had to really be lost in his own thoughts and beliefs in order to not be affected by what was around him during those years. In the end, the book was revolutionary because of this new concept made by Frankl, but I did not feel fully connected to the
The volume is divided into two. The first part explains Frankl’s experience in the death camp. The second part, explains logotherapy and its basic concepts. …show more content…
From my perspective the idea of “logotherapy” while being genius is also quite frustrating to me in the sense that it makes one feel like if they don’t find some type of “existential” meaning in their life, they will be doomed. It hasn’t always been easy for me to find the true meaning of my life or my purpose. I do agree in Frankl’s idea of thinking of loved ones during hard times though. This exercise is one that I have proven time and time again to keep me going through tough situations. It was not an easy read, as I have been going through issues in the past months, and part of my frustration was not knowing how to even grasp or understand life. Another aspect of logotherapy that I did not particularly agree with was the fact that Frankl almost made it seem like one had to focus on positive aspects of life and completely ignore the nitty gritty truth in order to be happy and for one to find meaning in life. It seemed as if he himself turned a blind eye to a lot of the atrocities and the people that were directly in his life. While it might of kept him alive, to me it almost seems like he had to really be lost in his own thoughts and beliefs in order to not be affected by what was around him during those years. In the end, the book was revolutionary because of this new concept made by Frankl, but I did not feel fully connected to the