ability to feel more emotionally stable in the situations I experience. Existential and humanistic psychology are two options I can use as a guideline to accepting who I am right now, and making the changes that I want to make towards the parts that I don't feel so good about.
Maslow, a very historically important psychologist to the humanist theory of personality believes in order to be self-actualized, one must consider four essential things: to have self-awareness, a motivation to shrink blindness, internal balance, and a commitment to growth. Knowing that I am emotionally unstable and unhappy about it, the doors have opened to let in some growth. If I am "motivated by an innate need to maximize and reach my potential", why should I accept that my potential stops at a point where I am emotionally unstable? Throughout my life I've experienced huge amounts of difficulty and pain, and althou
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