We Are Worm Food: Victor Frankl

Victor Frankl invented Logotherapy. Logotherapy is “therapy through meaning.” By making misery meaningful, the healing process can begin. Logotherapy aids in meaning crises mainly with feelings of aimlessness. An example is if I was in a car crash and my best friend died, I might question why I she died and not me. By using Logotherapy, I might learn that I was sparing my friend the pain that I was feeling about her death. If I had died she would feel the same terribleness and sadness that I felt. Therefore, my sadness has meaning for good. Like Maslow, Frankl also believed that Self-Actualization…However, Frankl believed that Self-Actualization was a side affect when one discovered what their purpose in the world is.
The Triad of Concepts has three pillars like Zen Buddhism. The three pillars of Human Existence are (1) Freedom of Will; we are free to choose out psychological stance toward life, (2) Will toward meaning is our deepest motivation, and (3) Meaning of life is unique and specific to each individual. The three modes by which meaning is generated are (1) Creative: what one gives to the world, (2) Experiential: Experience that you take from the world and (3) Attitude. The Tragic Triad consists of (1) Guilt: How do we cope with our unavoidable and unchangeable past. (2) Pain: Body starts falling apart…Fear makes the pain intolerable and (3) Death: We are worm food.