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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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