Table 2 Lived experience themes
Heidegger’s mode of being | Lived experiences’ phenomenological themes |
|---|---|
Authenticity (mine-self) | Experiencing an existential faith and hope • A feeling of an existential faith • A sense of optimism to celebrate a successful motherhood |
Inauthenticity (they-self) | Facing up to the angst (angst, [verfallen] fallenness) • Angst of uncertainty • Unpleasant nature of emotional drain • Causing huge financial losses • Sense of guilt and self-blame Non-disclosedness • Remaining secrecy and maintaining secrecy |
Undifferentiated everydayness of (being-in-the-world) | Endured feelings of inadequacy of being-in-the-world-of-motherless • Denied authenticity-of-mother-world |