The Need for Meaning: How Psychology Shapes Our Belief

By Atticus Evil

We inherit beliefs from family, church, and culture. After that, perception selects. Memory revises. The need for coherence presses uncertainty into story.

The mind fills gaps. Then it defends the picture it made.

Why agency appears in noise. Why ritual steadies fear when outcomes stay uncontrollable. Why belonging can make doubt costly.

As private stories collide, communities turn meaning into shared narrative, ritual, and identity. From there, a cleaner view emerges of how we build reality, and how easily reassurance can wear the mask of reason.

In the end, the question is simple. What kind of minds we have, and what those minds do when they face death, suffering, love, and the need to matter.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GM5T3DYT
• ISBN13: 9798247002871
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"