Neurotic Fatalism: Believing You Can’t Change Anything

  Neurotic fatalism is a concept that was originally proposed by Viktor Frankl. However, other authors have identified it under different names. It concerns the idea that we all have a certain way of being and are completely governed by genetics. In fact, according to this train of thought, we’re unable to be anything other than the way we are. The favorite phrase of those who are prey to neurotic fatalism is: “That’s just the way I am”. They tend to use this expression when someone has asked them to make certain changes in the way they behave. They react…