Every human being is free, and societal constraints exist not
             externally, but only in our own mindsâ€"or only so much as our minds create
             such constraints. The essential freedom of the human animal can be
             experienced by the sufferer as loneliness at times and even inspire terror
             and horror in the heart of the free human entity, according to the
             existentialists. Despite the fact that the word freedom is usually thought
             of in a positive fashion in popular political parlance, to truly experience
             the raw freedom that we all enjoy can be daunting. But true existentialism
             requires the active acceptance of our free and unconstrained nature.
             (C.Wyatt, "Existentialism: A Primer," 1996)
             In general, existentialism is a philosophical movement characterized by an
             emphasis on individualism, individual freedom, and subjectivity. These
             three combined philosophic rubrics or emphases of the existential movements
             all arise from the philosophy's stress upon human freedom, and the lack of
             constraints the universe truly places upon individuals. Rather than there
             being objective and universal truths, such as religious or theocratic
             notions based in principles of right and wrong that one must obey
             categorically a la Immanuel Kant's famousâ€"or infamousâ€"categorical
             imperative, according to the existentialists one is free to set one's own
             moral standardsâ€"which can seem a heavy burden to bear. But only by
             accepting and enjoying this kind of freedom is a full realization of human
             potential and life is possible. (C.Wyatt, "Existentialism: A Primer," 1996)
             To do otherwise is to eschew one's responsibility as a human being
             Because of human freedom in its raw state, when one becomes unburdened
             of illusions of preexisting moral constraints, one may become frightened.
             According to Ivan Soll, the existentialists concluded "that human c...