as the agony of choice. The increased difficulty is described in Barry Schwartz’s law, which links the costs, time, and energy needed to make a well-informed choice to the number of alternatives available. See also Absurdism Antinatalism "Dark Night of the Soul" Depersonalization Duḥkha Ego death Limit situation Scholarly approaches to mysticism Positive disintegration The Sickness unto Death Spiritual crisis References Further reading J. Watson, Caring Science as Sacred Science 2005. Chapter 4: "Existential Crisis in Science and Human Sciences". T.M. Cousineau, A. Seibring, M.T. Barnard, P-673 Making meaning of infertility: Existential crisis or personal transformation? Fertility and Sterility, 2006. Sanders, Marc, Existential Depression. How to recognize and cure life-related sadness in gifted people'', 2013. External links Alan Watts on meaningless life, and its resolution Crisis Personal life Philosophy of life Psychology Psychotherapy Suffering Popular psychology