1. As noted above, according to Frankl, the “three phases of mental reaction” to life as a prisoner in a concentration camp are
Admission/Shock
, Entrenchment in Camp Routine/Apathy, and the Period Following Liberation/Disillusionment.
What is the psychological symptom that characterizes the prisoner’s first phase of mental reaction to camp life?
Three Phases of an Inmate’s Mental Reactions to Camp Life
The period following his admission.
Shock
is the symptom that characterizes the first phase.
What were the Phase 3 reactions to being released and liberated from the camp?
Phase 3: Liberation => Depersonalization
After the prisoners were liberated, they entered a 3rd Phase: depersonalization. They felt
disconnected from their own bodies, thoughts and feelings, as if they were observing their life from the outside in a dreamlike state.
29. The author describes several antidotes to the brutal reality of life in the camps, such as
cultivating feelings of love and a sense of humor
. Successful “copers” also deepened their inner life and realized their connection to the natural world through the experience of beauty.
Why were camp inmates frightened of decisions?
“The camp inmate was frightened of making decisions and of taking any sort of initiative whatsoever. This was the result of
a strong feeling that fate was one’s master, and that one must not try to influence it in any way, but instead let it take its own course
.
What was Viktor Frankl’s why?
| Viktor Frankl | Occupation Neurologist, psychiatrist | Known for Logotherapy Existential analysis | Spouse(s) Tilly Grosser, m. 1941 Eleonore Katharina Schwindt, m. 1947 |
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What is existential frustration?
Existential Frustration
A person’s will to meaning can become frustrated
. Frankl coined the term existential frustration to explain this phenomenon of misdirected meaning. Existential frustration can occur from prolonged periods of boredom and apathy (Zaiser, 2005).
What is Frankl’s meaning of life?
Frankl writes: We can discover this meaning of life in three different ways: (1)
by creating a work or doing a deed; (2) by experiencing something or encountering someone; and (3) by the attitude we take toward unavoidable suffering
. The first, by way of achievement or accomplishment, is quite obvious.
What are the three phases of the inmates mental reaction to camp life?
three phases of the inmate’s mental reactions to camp life:
the period following his admission; the period when he is well entrenched in camp routine; and the period following his release and liberation
.
What are the three phases of the inmate’s reaction to life in the camp?
As a result of the many prisoners’ observations and experiences, three phases of the inmate’s mental reactions to camp life become apparent: (1) the period following his admission with the main symptom of shock, (2) the period when he is well entrenched in camp routine with the main symptom of apathy, and (3) the …
Why and how do prisoners become apathetic?
Frankl’s description reveals that many of the prisoners became apathetic precisely because
they lost their will to meaning
. They once found meaning through work, and without that purpose, they did not know what to live for.
What is Frankl’s definition of love?
Frankl contributes to history’s richest definitions of love:
Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality
. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.
What do you think Frankl’s definition of love is does it fit into Frankl’s philosophy of existentialism?
I think Frankl’s definition of love is
surviving for the person you love
. I think it fits into his philosophy for existentialism because he willed images and memories of his wife in order to keep himself alive.
Will to meaning Frankl?
Frankl believed that humans are motivated by something called a “will to meaning,” which is
the desire to find meaning in life
. He argued that life can have meaning even in the most miserable of circumstances and that the motivation for living comes from finding that meaning.
What did Frankl mean when he talked about the intensification of the inner life of a prisoner?
On his love, thoughts, and image of his wife. What did Frankl mean when he talked about the “intensification of the inner life” of a prisoner?
If the prisoners wished to avoid being singled out for extinction, what were they told to do by fellow prisoners?
What I Learned From Man’s Search for Meaning?
Frankl claims that one finds meaning in life through three ways. Through work, especially when that work is both creative in nature and aligned with a purpose greater than ourselves. Through love, which often manifests itself in the service of others. And through suffering, which is fundamental to the human experience.
Was there art in the concentration camp?
There was harsh punishment for making art that was not ordered by the camp authorities. However,
prisoners created illegal art in the camp almost from the very beginning
, and then kept it in secret or smuggled it immediately to the outside world.
Why don t the prisoners smoke cigarettes Man’s Search for meaning?
When you saw an ordinary prisoner smoking his cigarettes,
you knew he had given up the chance to trade them for something, for food
. If he was smoking, it meant he had given up on life and was enjoying a final pleasure. Once lost, the will to live seldom returned.
In what ways did Frankl’s interior life help him maintain his will to live in this seemingly meaningless world?
The intensification of inner life helped the prisoner find a refuge from the emptiness, desolation and spiritual poverty of his existence, by
letting him escape into the past
.
Why did Frankl and his fellow inmates know that a prisoner smoking his own cigarettes had lost his will to live?
Why or how would they signal imminent death to other prisoners? Cigarettes were a final pleasure because the person no longer had to worry about the negative reproductions that came with inhaling the toxins.
They were a sign to other prisoners that they were about to die and had lost the will to live.
How did Frankl survive?
Frankl survived the experience of a concentration camp
because he realized that there was an important task he personally needed to complete: the completion of a manuscript he had been working on
.
Is Viktor Frankl still alive?
September 2, 1997
What was Viktor Frankl’s theory?
Developed by Viktor Frankl, the theory is founded on the belief that
human nature is motivated by the search for a life purpose; logotherapy is the pursuit of that meaning for one’s life
. Frankl’s theories were heavily influenced by his personal experiences of suffering and loss in Nazi concentration camps.
What does Frankl mean by the self transcendence of human existence?
Frankl uses this term to refer to the fact that
one can only find meaning through an encounter with something external to oneself
. In other words, you must forget yourself and focus on your responsibility to something else in order to make your life meaningful.
What is existential vacuum?
the inability to find or create meaning in life, leading to feelings of emptiness, alienation, futility, and aimlessness
. Most existentialists have considered meaninglessness to be the quintessential symptom or ailment of the modern age.
What is hyper reflection?
Hyper-reflection is Frankl’s term for
a neurosis that causes people to place more focus on themselves than on their goals, thus making it less likely for them to achieve those goals
.
