Victor E. Frankl was a psychiatrist in Vienna for the majority of his life, until he was deported into a concentration camp during World War II because of his Jewish faith. Many people suffered through these concentration camps and survived to tell the tale. Frankl did survive so many so he discovered a new form of therapy called Logotherapy, which we will go into greater detail on what it entails later on. Frankl’s accounts of concentration camps did not happen within large or famous camps, but in smaller ones, “where most of the real extermination took place. (Frankl 3). The book discusses how Capos (higher-up prisoners) mistreated the lower, more common prisoners significantly more than the actual guards. This was not the only struggle
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Meaning the patient will have to discover his own meaning of life over time. Frankl begins to break down the various aspects of Logotherapy by explaining of man must have a will to his own meaning. After a research poll was done it showed many people were able to point out something or someone they were living for. Like everything feelings of frustration can arise, in the case of Logotherapy it is known as existential frustration. By using existential it can be described in three ways the human mode of being, the meaning of existence, and the journey to find meaning in one’s own personal existence. (Frankl 100-101). Existential frustration can lead a patient to Noogenic Neuroses, this stems from having existential problems one’s own will or meaning. Logotherapy is the best technique used when it comes to conditions such as these, for it enters into the human dimension. (Frankl …show more content…
In many situations man does not even know what he wants to do either, resulting in a person either conforming, or merely doing what other people what them to do. The root of the Existential vacuum is boredom, so much so boredom is leading to more issues than distress is. Frankl then points out how with the rise in automatic technology this may lead to more freedom, so much people will have no clue what to do with it. After all it is important for one to find something meaningful to spend their time on that can bring them fulfillment. This will assist the client from experiencing any setbacks as they go through the process, for they are keeping the existential vacuum
Meaning the patient will have to discover his own meaning of life over time. Frankl begins to break down the various aspects of Logotherapy by explaining of man must have a will to his own meaning. After a research poll was done it showed many people were able to point out something or someone they were living for. Like everything feelings of frustration can arise, in the case of Logotherapy it is known as existential frustration. By using existential it can be described in three ways the human mode of being, the meaning of existence, and the journey to find meaning in one’s own personal existence. (Frankl 100-101). Existential frustration can lead a patient to Noogenic Neuroses, this stems from having existential problems one’s own will or meaning. Logotherapy is the best technique used when it comes to conditions such as these, for it enters into the human dimension. (Frankl …show more content…
In many situations man does not even know what he wants to do either, resulting in a person either conforming, or merely doing what other people what them to do. The root of the Existential vacuum is boredom, so much so boredom is leading to more issues than distress is. Frankl then points out how with the rise in automatic technology this may lead to more freedom, so much people will have no clue what to do with it. After all it is important for one to find something meaningful to spend their time on that can bring them fulfillment. This will assist the client from experiencing any setbacks as they go through the process, for they are keeping the existential vacuum