Category
Crises of Meaning
Crises of Meaning
Existential vacuum
A feeling of inner emptiness, boredom and meaninglessness - according to Frankl, a mass phenomenon of our times.
Crises of Meaning
Existential frustration
The state in which the will to meaning is thwarted. In itself not an illness but a human experience - it can, however, lead to noogenic neurosis.
Crises of Meaning
Noogenic neurosis
A neurosis arising not from conflicts between drives but from spiritual problems - a conflict of values or existential frustration.
Crises of Meaning
Sunday neurosis
Depression that appears when the weekday rush stops and a person comes face to face with the emptiness of their own life.
Crises of Meaning
Hyper-intention and hyper-reflection
Two neurosis-generating mechanisms: excessive wanting (hyper-intention) and excessive self-observation (hyper-reflection). Both thwart what we strive for.