If You Know Nothing About Personality: 15 Frankl

Dr. Ken Tangen continues his introduction of existentialism with a look at Viktor Frankl. You don't have to have been interned in a concentration camp (as Frankl was) to appreciate the importance of living each day as if it were your last. Although existentialism is known for its emphasis on anxiety, Frankl proposed that we are responsible for our attitudes, behaviors and reactions. Life may restrict you but we must give life meaning.

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[paisleyyama]

@R3FL3XSN1P3R I partly agree w/that. For ex. if a girl chose to marry a man who has been controlling of her during dating that decision might lead to her choosing to enter an abusive marriage, but a baby or child that by circumstance is born into a persecuting regime, they made no decisions to put them in this situation. Or the ppl who were in the World Trade Center & were out of the blue attacked by terrorists, their decision to go to work that day did not lead to the terrorist attack.

[R3FL3XSN1P3R]

@paisleyyama No one chooses this, they chose various decisions throughout which lead to this, if they had seen the end result, they would of changed their decision.

[paisleyyama]

I don`t think we can choose the direction we go in life. I think that direction is already set but we can choose either positively or negatively to deal with each circumstance that faces us as we move through the path set before us. I mean who would choose to go in the direction of a concentration camp or gas chamber but if we are faced with it against our choosing, we deal with it either for the good or bad. How we deal with it is our choice, I think.

[RavingCityNerd]

Great Video makes a lot of sense!