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Psychopathology
Is a lack of connectedness and an inability to fulfill
ones destiny.
HISTORY
Friedrich Nietzsche and Kierkegaard. Kierkegaard, being one
of the first existential philosophers.
Writings of Rollo May and Paul Tillich & Irvin Yalom made
existential therapy a mainstream approach.
Depression
Anxiety
Substance dependency
Posttraumatic stress resulting from exposure
to military combat, interpersonal violence, or
other life-threatening experienced
four different levels of experience and
existence with which people are inevitably
confronted.
can often help individuals understand the
context of their concerns
person's orientation towards the world and
the four realms defines their reality
1. The physical realm
- centred around physicality
- world we share with animals, the world of bodily needs
- world that stores desire, relief, sleep/awake cycles and nature
- Birth, death and physical feelings/symptoms are also part of
this realm.
2. The social realm
- relationships, culture, society and language are here as
well as work, attitudes towards authority, race and family.
- Emotions, friendships and romantic relationships are also
part of the social world.
3. The personal realm
- concerned with issues of the self
- this includes intimacy (self and others), Identity,
personal characteristics and overall sense of self
- Personal strengths and weaknesses are also
important as well as the question of being authentic.