{"product":{"product_id":"0807014273","title":"Man's Search for Meaning","price":"11.99","image_url":"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51zCp4yxMpL._SL500_.jpg","url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/0807014273"},"comments":[{"body":"Terrible generalizations about Millennials aside, [\"Man's Search for Meaning\"](https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0807014273/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_yjGMFbZTQEX4K) by Viktor Frankl should be required reading in highschool. Not sure what subject -- Science? History? Something. It's a first-hand account of a concentration camp written from a psychiatrist's perspective, so it explains what happens to a person's psyche when forced to undergo such horrors. It's hard to get through, and you will *never* question how bad the Holocaust was after that.","subreddit_name":"DeathByMillennial","author":"ame-foto"},{"body":"Absolutely.  Find the book in the link and read it. After that, find the multitude of on,one discussion forums which help to dig through the text.  \r\n\r\nIn a nutshell, after tremendously awful experiences during WWII, he needed to find meaning and peace in his existence.  To be sure, it is never to late to find your way. \r\n\r\n\r\n[Frankl](https://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/0807014273/ref=pd_bxgy_img_1/141-1405911-1996769?pd_rd_w=haKEd\u0026amp;pf_rd_p=6b3eefea-7b16-43e9-bc45-2e332cbf99da\u0026amp;pf_rd_r=QE7HKG95466JYMF620EX\u0026amp;pd_rd_r=6ac86f25-4556-45fc-b862-5516a11d942a\u0026amp;pd_rd_wg=pBayU\u0026amp;pd_rd_i=0807014273\u0026amp;psc=1)","subreddit_name":"AskReddit","author":"Nearly_Pointless"},{"body":"I don't believe I said that. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I'm saying it's good to feel however you feel, but I wouldn't recommend letting your emotions rule your life. Feel anything and everything, but distance yourself from it and just observe it. You can also not do that, but I wouldn't recommend it, in my own experience it pushes people away and leaves to a lot more unhappiness. And it sounds like there's a ton of pain and suffering in your life right now. I feel for you, I lost my father when I was 24, it was not easy. But imagine how much better your life would be if you talked to people about those struggles and showed vulnerability and confidence instead of attacking people online? And now you should also definitely ready Frankl, this is his best book and will help you through the loss of your loved ones:\r\n\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/0807014273/ref=sr\\_1\\_1?keywords=viktor+frankl\u0026amp;qid=1639809017\u0026amp;s=books\u0026amp;sr=1-1","subreddit_name":"dating","author":"luthervandrosss"},{"body":"[If I can be cheesy and recommend you a book] (https://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/0807014273/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1\u0026amp;keywords=man%27s+search+for+meaning\u0026amp;qid=1634330973\u0026amp;sr=8-1), the psychologists I've had conversations recommend it highly to people who are in a low place from I guess what you could call lack of purpose/things to look forward to (as opposed to neurochemical imbalances). \r\n\r\nGoes to dark places to find hope, but it more or less boils down to... nothing is inherently meaningful, but the ways we invest our time are choices. If you aren't finding meaning in your routine, try new things. Start a new hobby. Volunteer. Go to a coffeeshop and make yourself start small talk with someone new. You probably aren't going to change the evils of the world, but you can control your own environment. And even that isn't going to be a silver bullet. But worst case scenario, you'll have lost nothing and gotten some novelty out of it. And there's a chance it can lead to a new purpose or interest or environment. And having a purpose (or at least some structured thing to do) can help process or contextualize dark times.\r\n\r\nIn the meantime, enjoy the drinks.\r\n\r\n(I may partially be talking to myself)","subreddit_name":"AskReddit","author":"zenophobicgoat"},{"body":"\"Man's Search for Meaning\" by Viktor E. Frankl \r\n\r\n*Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the experiences of others he treated later in his practice, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose.*\r\n\r\n[source](https://www.amazon.ca/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/0807014273/ref=asc_df_0807014273/?tag=googleshopc0c-20\u0026amp;linkCode=df0\u0026amp;hvadid=292969433943\u0026amp;hvpos=\u0026amp;hvnetw=g\u0026amp;hvrand=5277250448889818373\u0026amp;hvpone=\u0026amp;hvptwo=\u0026amp;hvqmt=\u0026amp;hvdev=c\u0026amp;hvdvcmdl=\u0026amp;hvlocint=\u0026amp;hvlocphy=9001504\u0026amp;hvtargid=pla-493171359305\u0026amp;psc=1)","subreddit_name":"TheGirlSurvivalGuide","author":"InCoffeeWeTrust"},{"body":"You can't always control what happens to you but you can control how you react to it. This is based on a quote from Viktor Frankl who survived a WWII German concentration camp. \r\n\r\n “The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one’s freedoms is to choose one’s attitude in any given circumstance.” - Viktor Frankl from his book \"[Man's Search for Meaning](https://smile.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/0807014273)\"","subreddit_name":"AskReddit","author":"ZiggerTheNaut"},{"body":"Fuck me too. Your comment is like the universe using sarcasm at me.\r\n\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/0807014273/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1\u0026amp;keywords=mans+search+for+meaning\u0026amp;qid=1598759706\u0026amp;sprefix=mans+search+for+\u0026amp;sr=8-3","subreddit_name":"AskReddit","author":"FuzzyTidBits"},{"body":"I can recommend [Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl](https://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/0807014273/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2JCII02WQYQ2K\u0026amp;dchild=1\u0026amp;keywords=man%27s+search+for+meaning+by+viktor+e.+frankl\u0026amp;qid=1598511484\u0026amp;sprefix=man%27s+sea%2Caps%2C186\u0026amp;sr=8-1). He talks about, well, reasons for existing and such.","subreddit_name":"Schizoid","author":"8jS9O"},{"body":"This book helped me a little - [A Man's Search For Meaning](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0807014273/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_o.qpFbCWWZF93) \r\n\r\nFrom the description: *\"An enduring work of survival literature,” according to the New York Times, Viktor Frankl’s riveting account of his time in the Nazi concentration camps, and his insightful exploration of the human will to find meaning in spite of the worst adversity, has offered solace and guidance to generations of readers since it was first published in 1946. At the heart of Frankl’s theory of logotherapy (from the Greek word for “meaning”) is a conviction that the primary human drive is not pleasure, as Freud maintained, but rather the discovery and pursuit of what the individual finds meaningful. Today, as new generations face new challenges and an ever more complex and uncertain world, Frankl’s classic work continues to inspire us all to find significance in the very act of living, in spite of all obstacles.\"*","subreddit_name":"SuicideBereavement","author":"La_Croix_Life"},{"body":"I'd recommend, [Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl](http://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/0807014273/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1343057434)\r\n\r\nIf you feel this is a bit too gory and you are unable to relate to the story- I'd recommend you pick up a bunch of P G Wodehouse novels, where the lives are frivolous, there is no pain and everybody is just happy. They are like musicals without the music! \r\n\r\nGood luck and remember, like everything else in life- this too shall pass.","subreddit_name":"books","author":"i2rohan"},{"body":"[Man's Search for Meaning](http://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/0807014273/ref=sr_1_1?s=books\u0026amp;ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1341611588\u0026amp;sr=1-1\u0026amp;keywords=man%27s+search+for+meaning)\r\n\r\nNot a classical self-help book, but it's written by a psychiatrist and deals with a lot of similar themes. ","subreddit_name":"books","author":"[deleted]"},{"body":"if you give up on yourself you'll be gone. dont give up on yourself no matter what. \r\n\r\nI am you 20 years younger, though i dont think I will regret anything. I am too though for that. \r\n\r\nread viktor frankl \"Man's Search for Meaning\"\r\nhttp://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/0807014273/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1292272428\u0026amp;sr=8-1","subreddit_name":"reddit.com","author":"heiter"},{"body":"For a pretty interesting exploration of this, go to your nearest library and check out [Man's Search For Meaning, by Viktor Frankl](http://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/0807014273/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;s=books\u0026amp;qid=1263832594\u0026amp;sr=8-1).  ","subreddit_name":"philosophy","author":"[deleted]"},{"body":"pick up viktor franks book, [A man's search for meaning](http://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/0807014273/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;s=books\u0026amp;qid=1266856991\u0026amp;sr=8-1).  It is only about 150 pgs.  He was a holocaust survivor that wrote about suffering and searching for purpose.  \r\n\r\nprobably the best book I've ever read.","subreddit_name":"AskReddit","author":"mat05e"},{"body":"1) Read \"[Man's Search for Meaning](http://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/0807014273/),\" in which Viktor Frankl talks about being in a Nazi gulag\r\n\r\n2) Realize you are being a little bitch\r\n\r\n3) ???\r\n\r\n4) Achieve some sense of peace.","subreddit_name":"AskReddit","author":"faitswulff"}]}