Viktor Frankl

To me it seems horribly wrong. It seems very inconsistent. A man like Viktor would probably argue that without a god there is still need for morals and that morals are not a God given thing but rather a human way of achieving greater through self-sacrifice and perseverance to rules/ governing of the individual. On the other…

4. Existential Therapy Unlike Adlerian Therapy, or Psychoanalysis, Existentialism was not founded by any person or group. Instead, the concept is a cornucopia of different ideas which contribute to a universal theory of existence (Corey, 2013, p. 140). World War II devastated Europe and left those that participated, or that were victims of the war, struggling with isolation and meaninglessness. The search for understanding and freedom within the confines of the Nazi oppression lead…

of life, “why do we exist?” Everybody has a different response to that question and it is that response which allows people to be happy, to give them a goal to pursue, a reason to exist. Having a “why” in life is the key to happiness because as Viktor Frankl, a survivor of the holocaust, wrote in his book Man’s Search for Meaning “Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.” The “why” he refers to is what allowed people to survive during the holocaust, as they suffered under…

Suffering rewires the human mind and exposes its flaws. In “A case for Tragic Optimism” by Viktor Frankl he states “There, the “ individual differences” do not “blur” but, on the contrary, people became more different; people unmasked themselves”(Frankl 1).Auschwitz contained people that became driven by their own hunger and thus irrational actions took over. People will only reveal their inner selves when left with no…

Happiness by definition is “the state of being happy”; however for centuries people have tried to figure out what exactly it means to be “happy” and how to obtain a constant state of this so called “happiness”. The Article “There’s more to Life than Being Happy”, written by Emily Smith, strategically utilizes aspects of ethos, logos, and pathos to dig deeper into the concept of happiness and shed light on the idea that life is all about finding meaning not finding happiness. Smith’s article…

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way” these are the words of Viktor Frankl that have fueled me within the last few years. After traumatically losing my leg in an accident I did not lose my positive attitude toward life or my desire to help others, I choose my own way to continue the path I was following before this tragedy struck. From the age of 18 as a Certified…

The human brain has been conditioned into two different and immediate reactions to fear: fight and flight. The responses to long term adversity of submission and rebellion are derived from the flight and flight reactions. Submission occurs following the loss of hope in the face of adversity. Rebellion instigates further rebellion and enables one to accept one’s fate. Submission is a common response to adversity that stems from the loss of the delusion of reprieve; it often results in the…

Seligman’s self-talk appraisal, or the ABCDE’s of positive psychology, is a general guideline to positive self-talk and self-image. The ABCDE’s of positive psychology stand for adversity, beliefs, consequences, dispute, and energy. Carl Roger’s I am vs I should can be loosely described as a fully functional vs. maladjusted theory. Being fully functional means being open, creative, having the will to change, having an internal locus of control, and being free and open to new experiences. In…

“When we are no longer able to change a situation-we are challenged to change ourselves”, As said by Viktor E Frankl. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, the main character Montag changed a lot due to the other characters around him. For example, at the beginning of the book Guy Montag didn’t care at all about books, but at the end Montag believed books were the key to saving everyone from a dystopian reality. Like when Clarisse asked if firemen used to put out fires rather than start them, Montag…

Understanding of Learning In Class Qi Cui 1. Occam’s Razor: Occam Razor refers to a theory. The main idea of this theory is there is no need to waste excessive resources to research or judge something since fewer resources may also help to reach an ideal result (Sartre, 2003). In the management field, through applying Occam Razor theory, the company would learn to use the most efficient team…