Viktor E. Frankl Man's Search For Meaning

When people think of finding a purpose for living most people think on the lines of if I didn’t fulfill my purpose in life or didn’t get what I want in life, and therefore I have no purpose for living. Some people like to look down on them and think they are lesser beings. But for Viktor Frankl, he found purpose through suffering and a reason to live. Also, understand another person’s suffering because he suffered as well. “In some ways, suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment, it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.” (Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning)

Viktor E. Frankl was a 20th-century psychiatrist who founded the field of logotherapy. He was a survivor of the Holocaust. He was sent to four camps including

There are some people who don’t know what suffering actually is. These people think that such minor thing like be “poor” in most cases is their fault, for example didn’t do well in high school. But some people know true suffering and can’t improve their situation in any way possible, for example someone who has an incurable disease. For theses people need to know what true suffering look like. They should read Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl to see what he life was like in the concentration camps he was in. He had to work hard labor while being beaten constantly and give so little food he could barely stand. On top of that he did have the luxury of knowing, he might be sent to a slow death by gas or fire the whole time he was living in the concentration camps. To be clear what Viktor E. Frankl went though is the of the one worst things that can happen to a person and no one should ever have go through that kind of suffering. But should think about self and say is my life so bad? Am I really suffering and can I help myself in way possible to improve on life. Also think about the reason they live for and what can they can endure for their reason for living?

“Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.” (Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning). People are willing to go through anything for their reason to live even if that means going through

He explains that “humans are motivated by something called a "will to meaning”, which means that meaning is our primary motivation for living and acting and allows us to endure pain and suffering. This is viewed as differing from the will to achieve power and pleasure. He argued that life can have meaning even in the most miserable View of circumstances, and that the motivation for living comes from finding that meaning”. The three ways to meaning are “by creating a work or doing a deed, experiencing something or encountering someone, or by the attitude that we take toward unavoidable suffering.” (verywellmind.com). Frankl later writes how thinks are ways to put these principles in real life by “Create something (e.g., art) gives you a sense of purpose, which can add meaning to your life. Develop relationships, the supportive nature of spending time with others will help you to develop more of a sense of meaning in your life. Find purpose in pain. If you are going through something bad, try to find a purpose in it. Even if this is a bit of mental trickery, it will help to see you through. For example, if a family member is going through medical treatments for a disease, view your purpose as being there to support that person. Understand that life is not fair. There is nobody keeping score, and you will not necessarily be dealt a fair deck. However, life can always have meaning, even in the worst of situations.