Challenge of our time: Anxiety
I will give a talk followed by Q and A.
The summary of my talk is: Can Anxiety be understood, met and let go of?
Below is a little extract:
For salutogenesis (health generating process) the following is important: A perception that life makes sense.
'In the psychological realm, salutogenesis is concerned with building a sense of coherence, a feeling for what connects everything that exists. Only when a person can make sense both in the details and in the wider aspects of his world, can he find meaning in life. How is this achieved? Antonovsky gives a very concise answer to this question. The child must come to a satisfactory perception of the world through education. He or she must be able to learn that the world is: understandable, valuable, purposeful and manageable. This requires a worldview that helps towards gaining self-knowledge and the ability to cope in life – a perception that life makes sense.' (Dr. M. Gloeckler)