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May 24, 2021 · Isolation and mental health: thinking outside the box. Social isolation is a universal human experience, impacting whole communities at times and reminding each individual of our need for connection. Isolation weaves through life on an intrapersonal, interpersonal and existential level; all individuals experience this phenomenon, to varying ...
Apr 13, 2023 · Given this, it is surprising that little is known about the role of existential concerns in personality disorders. These chronic and debilitating characterological problems emerge in adolescence (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013), a period in life in which identity is being chosen, death awareness is fully formed, the freedom to make life choices is occurring for the first time ...
Jan 1, 2020 · In existential depth psychology, the daimonic is an existential reality, the dynamic ground of being or existence, the indivisible source of vital, life-giving psychobiological energy or power. When chronically repressed, the daimonic becomes pathological but, when properly related to, contains valuable positive potentialities.
Apr 12, 2019 · The scholarship, institutes, and conferences would not have been successful without being combined with new directions in scholarship. In existential-humanistic therapy, several new directions played a vital role in its revitalization: existential-integrative psychology, multicultural and international influences, and spirituality.
Mar 10, 2023 · For many, the COVID-19 pandemic is an existential trauma. Existential traumas trigger people's ultimate concerns and shatter individuals' basic assumptions. Based on the perspective of existential positive psychology, this study explores the post-traumatic growth of travelers from Hubei, China, during the early outbreak period.
Dec 14, 2022 · Much work in psychology has focused on feelings of social isolation and/or loneliness. Only recently have psychologists begun to explore the concept of existential isolation (EI). EI is the subjective sense that persons are alone in their experience and that others are unable to understand their perspective.
An existential crisis is a by-product of larger social issues that individuals have internalized ( Jameson & Hardt, 2000 ). It is important that individuals resolve each version of the existential crises when they arise to avoid negative personal and societal outcomes. The personal negative outcomes include existential depression, anxiety, and ...
