Religious beliefs are often (though not always) comforting. The idea of an afterlife can be attractive. Ideas like fate and destiny — or simply things happen for a reason — can make it easier to cope ...

Words have power. Sometimes they carry more weight than we realize. When certain phrases get lodged in your mind, repeating ...

Science has given us so much. We ultimately owe speedy transportation, enthralling entertainment, life-saving advances, full bellies, and longer, healthier lives to individuals who asked questions, ...

I am all alone, not in a despairing existentialist place, though sometimes I go there. No, I am all alone in the intersection of circles in a Venn diagram. The first circle represents the set of ...

Do you ever have that nagging feeling that you're not living life to the fullest? A sense of unease, a whisper in the back of your mind questioning if this is all there is? This feeling, often ...

Older people who have a strong sense of spiritual belief and personal meaning in life are less likely to suffer from depression or mental health problems even when they have lost a spouse within the ...

Interdisciplinary efforts, for all their ostensible appeal, are more often praised than practiced, especially when it comes to combining the humanities and sciences. Nonetheless, connecting two ...

Coping strategies are necessary to deal with pain, one of the most disabling conditions. Treatments are often refractory, and the elaboration of existential meaning is necessary to live with residual ...

Gifted children tend to obsess over existential realities. Their parents, in turn, struggle with addressing their worries, ...

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