About Psychology Presents: How Did Frankl Think People Could Discover Meaning in Their Life?

Frankl said there are 3 main ways people could discover meaning in their life.  First, he said people could discover meaning by doing a deed.  While doing this dead they might discover that it has meaning for them.  The second way was by engaging with another person.  Or, the other person could introduce meaning into the first person’s life.  Last, someone can discover meaning by suffering.  The latter is only possible to discover meaning through if the suffering is unavoidable.  So, you can’t go out and suffer on purpose in order to discover your true meaning.  Or, at least Frankl didn’t think so.