Meaninglessness is an existential concern that all of us will come into contact with at some point. To some varying degree, we’ve likely questioned what the point of it all is. You may feel as though the ground you’re standing on is crumbling beneath you, and there is a feeling that there is nowhere for you to ground yourself. Are you feeling a lack of motivation? Is it difficult to bring yourself to get out of bed? Do you find yourself questioning ‘why’, or feeling as though you are moving aimlessly through life? Are you unsure of the next step, but you’re aware that what you’re currently doing is not fulfilling?

These issues can be extremely distressing and troubling. By utilizing existential therapy we attempt to treat the source, rather than focusing on the symptom. If you hear a rattling in your car as you drive down the highway, you can simply turn the radio up and you can no longer hear the rattling, problem solved. For now. A better long term solution may be to identify where the rattling is coming from and seek to fix it so it doesn’t cause is more trouble down the road. This is a course of therapy that is sometimes reserved for people who are nearing the end of their life from a terminal illness. I believe this should be introduced much earlier in ones life, so they are not identifying their meaning at the end of their life, but living it from early on in their life.