Viktor Frankl, renowned psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, often quoted Nietzsche saying, “He who has a ‘why’ to live for can bear almost any ‘how’”. Viktor Frankl, known for his development of logotherapy, a form of therapy that teaches individuals to live a life of meaning, put this saying to use when he experienced unspeakable atrocities during the holocaust. Given his medical and psychological history, Frankl was able to withstand Nazi concentration camps and not give into the hopelessness
Synthesis Essay Viktor E. Frankl didn’t grow up living a easy life. During World War II he spent 3 years in various concentration camps, including Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, and Dachau. Viktor has a life story to tell. Concentration Camps were a place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced labor or to await mass execution. Frankl may have
Viktor Emil Frankl was born on March, 26th 1905, at Czeringassa 7, in Leopoldstadt, in Vienna Austria, where Sigmund Freud and Alfred Alder also grew up (Klingberg, 2014). He was the middle child out of three children. His older brother, Walter was two and a half years older, and his younger sister, Stella, was four years younger. His mother was Elsa Frankl, was a polish woman from Prague with a gentle manner. His father, Gabriel Frankl, had been a hard working man who was the Director of Social
Viktor E. Frankl found an interesting way to explore how crucial it is for a prisoner to adapt to his new life. This is the utmost compelling life insight to myself at this point in my own life. Frankl wrote, “When one examines the vast amount of material which has been amassed as the result of many prisoners’ observations and experiences, three phases of the inmate’s mental reactions to camp life become apparent: the period following his admission; the period when he is well entrenched in cap routine;
Viktor E. Frankl found a thought-provoking way to explore how crucial it is for a prisoner to adapt to his new life. This is the utmost compelling life insight to myself at this point in my own life. Frankl wrote, “When one examines the vast amount of material which has been amassed as the result of many prisoners’ observations and experiences, three phases of the inmate’s mental reactions to camp life become apparent: the period following his admission; the period when he is well entrenched in camp
Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, and Holocaust survivor, Viktor Frankl wrote the award-winning book, Man’s Search for Meaning in which he talks about his experience in a concentration camp located in Auschwitz during World War II. He describes his psychotherapeutic method that involved identifying a purpose in life to feel positive as he controlled his attitude during the horrific times and imagined the outcome. Viktor Frankl demonstrates this idea throughout the book, saying things such as
Introduction Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl describes his “therapeutic doctrine” (pg. 97), logotherapy. Frankl further developed his theory based on his experiences living in the concentration camps during World War II. He shares how this philosophy enabled him to survive the toughest times and find motivation in life. In this paper, I will describe how Man’s Search for Meaning provided personal insights for dealing with the stresses of professional school. I will also address the impact
For this question, I chose to use Viktor Frankl: The Human Search for Meaning. If you know me, choosing this essay would seem like an easy out because Viktor Frankl wrote my all-time favorite book, Man’s Search for Meaning. This book was introduced to me by my PSY101 professor, back in 2014. Since then, I have read that book over 15 times. I own 4 copies of this book. I keep 1 in my car, another in my husband’s car, a third on my books shelf, and the fourth is the one I’m usually forcing people borrow
to read “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor E. Frankl. Viktor Frankl was a psychiatrist and neurologist, he was also a holocaust survivor. What drew me in to read this book how it was about how he survived the holocaust and what he got out of it which I thought was strange. I found that strange because usually when something so terrible like the holocaust happens to someone they want to almost try and not remember what happened to them. Instead Viktor Frankl created something called logotherapy which
In the book Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, he uses his past experiences from different concentration camps to describe what he learned was the true meaning of life. Throughout the book he describes in details that he had no hope for life as he felt pain, humility, and human cruelty during his time as a prisoner in multiple concentration camps. Frankl, believed that he had a chance to survive by using inner strengths. His great sense of humor helped him get though the many difficult