The phrase
"unlived life" refers to the potential experiences, achievements, and happiness that one could have had but didn't get to experience or pursue in their lifetime.
Full definition
Reflecting on her experiences as a therapist, Horney observed that the most powerful forms of anger and guilt that she had encountered were the anger and guilt
of unlived life — i.e., of diminished growth.
The pain resulting
from unlived life and wasted potential becomes more and more oppressive during the mid-years.
For so many people all too
much unlived life remains over... and so they approach the threshold of old age with unsatisfied claims which inevitably turn their glances backward.»
As I have struggled to handle my own existential anxiety and guilt (the guilt
of unlived life) in more life - enhancing ways through the years, I have become aware at times of the power of existential acceptance.
They say an unexamined life is not worth living, but it's even truer that
an unlived life is not worth examining.
It's
the unlived life in our marriages that makes them so vulnerable in crises we otherwise could take in stride.
Individuals often cope poorly with crises because of long - blocked growth and
unlived life.
They may unwittingly try to live out
their unlived lives through their child.
Fantasy of
the Unlived Life.
The fantasy of
the unlived life must be adapted to the age or age ranges of a particular group.
The fantasy of
the unlived life also helps people to get in touch with their feelings about their own and the other sex.
«Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment, and especially on their children, than
the unlived lives of the parents.
The revered psychoanalyst Carl Jung observed, «Nothing is a bigger burden on children than
the unlived life of the parent.»
If the unexamined life was not worth living, was
the unlived life worth examining?
This was the central point of her art now, to record the girl's
unlived life.
This Thursday (from 6 - 9 pm) head to The Quin (101 West 57th Street) for «Fear
the Unlived Life,» an exhibition from acclaimed photographer Bo Bridges.
Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life Through the Dark Wood (CD only) Living
Your Unlived Life: Coping with Unrealized Dreams and Fulfilling Your Purpose in the Second Half of Life
June 22: Master Series in Clinical Practice - A Heart Shattered and
the Unlived Life.