On Coronavirus Lockdown? Look for Meaning, Not Happiness. Adopting an attitude of tragic optimism could serve as the impetus to search for and realise logotherapeutic values notwithstanding high crime victimisation. Trouble Focusing? Not Sleeping? You May Be Grieving. Without mourning, we run the risk of getting disillusioned and stuck in the past. Mourning can open our hearts and minds once again to realistic optimism for the future. Indeed, it can be the first vital step in recovery. Īs always in situations of unexpected events, we turn to Dr Frankl to find meaning in the face of trauma.įor us in mental health, updating Dr Frankl's concept of tragic optimism can educate people that grieving for what is lost is normal and necessary. Schwarzschild (19241989) was arguably the leading expositor of German-Jewish philosopher Hermann Cohen (18421918), undertaking a lifelong effort. The reason Nietzsche rejects optimism is because it goes directly against nihilism. 2 She brought up the concept of “tragic optimism,” which psychiatrist Viktor Frankl wrote about in his 1984 postscript to his classic book, Man’s Search for Meaning, The Case for Tragic Optimism. Optimism is defined as a hopefulness and/or confidence about the possibility for a positive outcome of something in future. This article rapidly associated in my mind (in a Freudian sense) to another article by Emily Esfahani Smith. Yet, the grief can pull us back until we feel it, express it. a sensation of hurting, or strong discomfort, in some part of the body, caused by an injury, disease, or functional disorder, and transmitted through the nervous system 3. Kwon 1 suggests in our expeditious attempt to adjust, it is easier not to grieve and not to mourn. Then I read two articles in the New York Times that provided some insight and direction. In answering these questions, I ponder what seems missing from our collective coping skills. What is a “normal” reaction to this pandemic? How does one adapt to a new normal? How does an organization that has to downsize drastically adjust successfully, especially after the “honeymoon period”? Perhaps you’ve been asked psychiatry-related questions by the public as never before.
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