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therapy (see Guttmann 1996:4).<br />
6.14Noetic dimension<br />
This dimension, in Frankl's opinion, is a specifically human dimension which has a<br />
meaning orientation. This dimension is dealing with man's "mind" ("noes") which<br />
is orientated towards meaning. The term "noetic" comes from the Greek word<br />
"noes" thatmeans "mind" or"the understanding" - the so-called "faculty ofthink<br />
ing" (Arndt & Gingrich 1975:546).<br />
6.15 Existential frustration<br />
The frustration ofthe will-to-meaning that also may lead to neurosis is called exis<br />
tential frustration (Frankl 1965:xii). This term is born out ofhis existentialist point<br />
ofview. Existentialism especially came to the fore after the:first and second World<br />
Wars when people tried, probably much more than before, to find meaning basically<br />
in everything they do/see/experience in the light ofthe destructions and scars that<br />
they had experienced (Heron 1985:22-119; Nietzel, Bernstein & Milich 1994:28-32,<br />
56-57; Brammer, Abrego & Shostrom 1993:34).<br />
6.16 Existential neurosis<br />
This is a neurosis thatarises because ofmoral conflict or a conflict ofthe conscience<br />
(Frankl 1965:xvii). Religious matters, for example, may be a root cause for this kind<br />
ofneurosis because what a person believes may be in conflict with his/her religious<br />
background and/or values.<br />
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