Frankel argues that humans do not seek a tensionless state, in fact, a tensionless state can result in another problem the Victor called the existential vacuum — a complete lack of purpose or meaninglessness in life.

弗兰克认为，人类寻求的并不是轻松的境况，实际上，轻松的境况反而会带来另外的问题，维克多将之称为存在空虚——一种完全没有目标，没有意义的人生。

Furthermore, one consequence of our modern society is that the basic tension from survival is generally decreasing, leading to a growing number of people being trapped in what Viktor Frankl calls the existential vacuum; a feeling of meaninglessness.

另外，现代社会的一个后果就是生存的基本压力普遍降低，导致越来越多的人陷于维克多·弗兰克尔所谓的“存在空虚”之中，有着一切都毫无意义的感觉。