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6.11 Collective neurosis
ForFmnkl this term refers to meaning frustration or existential frustration. This has
to do with people who complain about the meaninglessness oflife (1970:17). A ca­
reful reading ofhis work reveals that "meaninglessness" has to do with the fact that
someone is unable to attach meaning to something/somebodyand/or to find meaning
in something/somebody. This term was a FrankHan effort to describe the different
frustrations that come to the fore and what people are experiencing when they lack
meaning or purpose in life.
6.12 Logodrama
It seems safe to saythat Frankl understands logodrama as a real event that someone is
busy experiencing while being confronting with questions dealing with the mean-ing
oflife or suffering. This drama can also be described as a "psychodrama" (Frankl
1970:118). It seems that he imagined or pictured a real situation in which someone
finds himseJflherselfand in which he/she must deal with confrontational-existential
questions.
6.13 Height psychology
This term was postulated by Frankl as a complement to the prominent "depth psyho­
logy" ofSigmund Freud and his followers. In "height psychology" Frankl places
special emphasis onthe noetic dimension. The noetic dimension is that human di­
mension, which has a meaning orientation and where buman responsibility (where
man must decide what helshe is responsible for, and how he/she perceives life's
demands from him/her at a given moment) is one ofthe central tenets ofpsycho-
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