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Russell characterized pessimism as a matter of temperament rather than reason, [92]: 758 while Magee suggested that Schopenhauer's despairing worldview could be seen as neurotic manifestations rooted in his relationship with his mother rather than a coherent philosophical argument.
The Sickness unto Death (Danish: Sygdommen til Døden) is a book written by Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard in 1849 under the pseudonym Anti-Climacus. A work of Christian existentialism, the book is about Kierkegaard's concept of despair, which he equates with the Christian concept of sin, which he terms "the sin of despair".
The term has been used interchangeably with secondary traumatic stress (STS), [1] which is sometimes simply described as the negative cost of caring. [1] Secondary traumatic stress is the term commonly employed in academic literature, [ 2 ] although recent assessments have identified certain distinctions between compassion fatigue and secondary ...
The Booker Prize winner was also asked about her best defense against despair. Atwood explained that she was “not much of a despairing person,” but after the death of her longtime partner ...
These kinds of issues become harder to manage at the institutional level. Kate Comtois, who oversaw the successful military study, said that with so many therapists untrained in how to treat attempt survivors, it may be difficult to handle a wave of patients if they seek help after receiving a caring letter or text.
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.
In psychology and psychotherapy, the term "existential crisis" refers to a form of inner conflict.It is characterized by the impression that life lacks meaning and is accompanied by various negative experiences, such as stress, anxiety, despair, and depression.
“I knew he felt he had let us down.” Patrick stared at the floor, unable to look at his parents. He’d lost a year to the drug, along with a girlfriend he adored and a job caring for victims of traumatic brain injury — a job that made him feel that he was doing something worthwhile with his life. He didn’t want to be a heroin addict.