Some stories take you on a long journey. ("Lord of the Rings," anyone?) Anton Chekhov's masterpiece, "Three Sisters," does as well; this time, however, it is a complex philosophical journey instead of ...

What if your endless questions about life, death, and reality aren’t a sign you’re “losing it,” but a specific, treatable ...

Humans are an existential species. We need to believe that our lives have meaning. Currently, young people too often receive cultural messages that undermine meaning. They are told that they have ...

This post is part two of a series (to read Part 1, click here). “For most of us, to be caffeinated to one degree or another has simply become baseline human consciousness...it’s easy to overlook the ...

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 ...

Existential dread can manifest in many forms. This kind of intense trauma and stress generally comes from a major existential crisis. Existential dread can be scary, because it may feel like life ...

Religion offers existential and emotional benefits that science can't seem to match. According to Commentator Tania Lombrozo, there's a tension in... Religious beliefs are often (though not always) ...

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 ...

COVID-19 brought existential questions to the fore as we contemplated the real possibility of death from an invisible threat. In 1967, a generation of young Americans emerged from the Summer of Love ...

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, ...