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Alfried Längle

Psychologist

Jul 23, 2026

55:19
Can
55:19
I really be here in this family, in this working place, with my body, which has arrhythmic heart disorders, etc.? Can I be? This is the basic fundamental existential question.
55:34
Can I be? Do I earn enough money or crops or whatever to overcome, to simply survive? basic question.
55:44
And therefore, the fundamental existential question is, can i be and all motivation is based on this can i be if i have a feeling this doesn't let me be then i'm not motivated because we are wired like that that we do not want to bring us into danger or into death normally when we are not suicidal so can i be And this opens up that I have to look for, do I have enough protection? Do I have protection in the sense of being accepted? Do I have enough space to breathe, to move, to live, an apartment, etc.? And do I have enough support which I can rely on? and that I can develop a trust because we have constantly to deal with risks in our life, with dangers.
56:53
And so we need to deal, the natural way to deal with the insecurity of life is to develop trust.
57:02
Trust is like a bridge over the river of insecurity.
57:07
And we can broaden the basis by which we are in this world by working at acceptance and endurance.

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66:47
What do you say to that or how do you work with that?

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