
We are not much different from Boxer from the story: Animal Farm. “I will work harder!”
As we pause and evaluate man’s position in world history, it won’t be difficult to see that civilization is experiencing the peak of psychological distress; both as a society and as individuals. When speaking of the etiology of psychological disorders, I always come back to the theory of human needs by Erich Fromm. We, as human beings, have basic needs to satisfy. Do check yourself out base on these needs and maybe this can give you the answer as to why you’re feeling low or why you are feeling empty. It shows that you have been frustrated on one or more of these needs:
- We have a need to know who we truly are (Identity)
- We have a need to connect with others (Relation)
- We have a need to belong to a group or community (Rootedness)
- We have a need to rise above challenges and sufferings (Transcendence)
- We have a need for variation and adventure (Excitation)
- We have a need for constancy and consistency in our reality (Frame of Orientation)