1. Survival instinct? Perhaps man's search for meaning (Frankl) in the most dire situations? Realizing that being depressed about the situation will not help yo

1. Survival instinct? Perhaps man's search for meaning (Frankl) in the most dire situations? Realizing that being depressed about the situation will not help you and you make a conscious decision to accept the situation and be happy and find meaning within it's constraints. Perhaps because of the dominant western worldview people are inclined to view these locked in people who are the apex of the 'poor man' as being miserable and weak (See Andrei Plesu's article 'The Splendour and Misery of Humanism') http://www.fonselders.eu/wp-content/uploads/docs/I_am_a_European_citizen_-_Europe,_humanism_and_Andrei_Plesu_1-5-2008.pdf http://www.fonselders.eu/wp-content/uploads/docs/I_am_a_Euro...