

Existential Angst ...what's it all about Alfie?
Søren Kierkegaard was the philosopher who came up with the idea of existential angst - basically it is the idea that we suffer because we alone are responsible for making meaning out of our lives, and when we become disconnected from a 'meaningful' existence we may experience a sense of disorientation, confusion, or dread in the face of an apparently meaningless universe . In an absurd world where anything can happen to anyone at any turn humans must encounter themselves firs