Going Through an Existential Crisis? Find Meaning, Freedom, and Calm Amid Life's Big Questions

Feeling lost or questioning your life’s purpose? Discover how existential therapy and mindfulness can help you navigate life transitions, find meaning, and reclaim calm with DIVE Healing®.

Death, Freedom, Responsibility, and the Meaning of Life: How to Move Through an Existential Crisis

Have you recently reached a life milestone or experienced a major transition?Are you now grappling with deep questions like:"Does my life have meaning? What is my purpose? Who am I really?"

You’re not alone. Many people face what’s called an existential crisis — a period of deep questioning often triggered by life-changing events like:

• Trauma or loss

• Marriage or separation

• Illness or a near-death experience

• Children leaving home

• Turning a significant age

• Career shifts or identity changes

While not a clinical disorder, an existential crisis can feel just as intense as anxiety or depression. It can leave you feeling lost, panicked, detached from reality, or desperate to avoid these uncomfortable thoughts and emotions.

The Spiritual Relevance of an Existential Crisis

It’s tempting to suppress or distract from feelings of meaninglessness. But in truth, these questions are deeply spiritually relevant — they are part of what it means to be human. Spirituality here doesn’t mean religion, nor is it an escape from reality.

True spirituality is about:

🌱 Understanding and loving yourself deeply

🌱 Living fully in the present moment

🌱 Finding meaning in your unique path through life

As you navigate your crisis, you have an opportunity: to choose new meanings, take responsibility for your freedom, and create a life that feels rich and authentic to you.

How Existential Therapy Can Help You Find Meaning

Existential psychologists like Viktor Frankl, Irvin Yalom, and Rollo May taught that our primary human drive is to find meaning — even amid suffering. Frankl, who survived the horrors of Nazi concentration camps, wrote: "Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear almost any 'how'."

Through existential therapy, you can:

✔ Explore your unique purpose beyond roles and possessions

✔ Process deep questions about death, freedom, and responsibility

✔ Reclaim calm and stability through mindful, embodied practices

✔ Build resilience by creating meaning through love, creativity, and choice

Tips for Moving Through an Existential Crisis

🌿 Embrace Your Questions: Avoiding them only prolongs distress. Instead, gently turn toward your doubts and fears.

🌿 Focus on Depth, Not Distraction: A meaningful life isn’t built on passing days but on living each moment fully.

🌿 Practice Mindfulness: Calm your nervous system with breathing exercises, meditation, or mindful movement.

🌿 Seek Support: An experienced therapist can help you explore your inner conflicts and guide you back to balance.

As Thich Nhat Hanh so beautifully said:"Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours. I vow to live deeply each moment and look at all beings with the eyes of compassion and love."

Ready to Explore Your Path to Meaning and Calm?

At DIVE Healing®, we specialise in holistic, trauma-informed, and existential approaches to therapy. Our psychologist Arissa Brunelli can help you:

🌿 Navigate life transitions with clarity and resilience

🌿 Reclaim calm from the storm of overthinking and emotional overwhelm

🌿 Build a sense of meaning, purpose, and freedom — no matter where you are starting from

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