No, I’m not offering therapy, and this has little to do with lifestyle and even less to do with wine. It’s just something I’ve been thinking about recently and being aware of the considerable accumulated knowledge in this Community I thought I’d raise the question.
I recently brought up the subject of resistentialism with a friend who is a college lecturer. I was surprised she had never heard of it, and neither had any of her colleagues or students. I thought it was a fairly well known concept but it seems I’m wrong. I wonder if it is familiar to any or many members here?
For those not aware of it, it’s the (not completely serious) belief that “things are against us”, and that they are possessed of some sort of malicious intent against humanity. Common manifestations are things like “toast most often lands marmalade side down”, or the way your mislaid specs always turn up in a place where you know “for a fact” you couldn’t possibly have left them. And so on.
Sounds like a variation on "external locus of control ", which is well worth googling. It underlies poor mental health and was always a flag for me when considering employees and their capabilities.
Another fine real-life example! How otherwise does a drawer full of pairs of socks mysteriously transform itself into a drawer with a couple of pairs of socks and a random collection of single socks?
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