Awareness of one’s own mortality is psychologically unsettling for many people. According to Terror Management Theory (TMT), a branch of existential psychology ...

The 1999 film The Matrix is famous for coining the metaphor of the “red pill.” In the imaginary world of the movie, people live largely in a state of illusion, experiencing a completely managed ...

The following is a draft excerpt from the recently published section of the Wiley World Handbook of Existential Therapy (2019)* titled "Existential-Humanistic (EH) and Existential-Integrative (EI) ...

Existential therapy is a form of psychotherapy that aims to help people find a sense of meaning in their lives. It is less rigidly structured than other types of therapy and focuses on exploring a ...

An existential crisis is a recurring pattern of thoughts regarding your identity, purpose in life, and legacy, among other things. Existential questions may appear at any point in your life and can ...

Life is filled with a lot of big questions: What’s the point? What’s the meaning? Why am I here? Existential theory tries to answer a lot of those questions to help people find meaning and ...

If you've ever wondered about the meaning of life, you have something in common with the great historical philosophers. Sometimes, asking yourself big questions, such as "Who am I?" or "What's my ...

An existential crisis involves deep questions about your purpose in life that cause distress. Several things can help you navigate the crisis, like journaling or talking with a therapist. But for ...

The first sentence of the introduction to Daryl Van Tongeren’s “Humble: Free Yourself from the Traps of a Narcissistic World” says it all: “Pride comes before the fall.” The word “narcissism” comes ...