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Suffering that is interpreted as meaningful has different
Suffering that is interpreted as meaningful has different psychological consequences than suffering experienced as meaningless.
Why This Is an Axiom
This is an empirical axiom demonstrated across Frankl's clinical observations, Tedeschi and Calhoun's PTG research, and Wong's dual-system model. It is a falsifiable claim about the differential effects of meaning presence/absence on suffering—a foundational empirical fact that cannot be derived from other axioms but instead grounds all therapeutic approaches to suffering.