Deep Meaningful Conversation
I have just discovered the meaning of the acronym DMC and I have to admit that it has captivated me. DMC stands for Deep Meaningful Conversation. It seems to have been used since 2017, and it has become more popular thanks to TV shows like Love Island. There are about 450 different meanings for the letters DMC in the dictionary, but “deep and meaningful conversation” is its most common definition on Snapchat, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
It is often said that slang expressions and pop culture acronyms are an expression of the spirit of the times in which they are created and used. There is always a reason why new words are born, and they often uncover deeper currents of emotions, thoughts, and needs. The fact that this new acronym has become established shows that people have formed a connection with its meaning and resonate with its message.
It’s not surprising that many of us long for deep connections and the stimulation that comes from thought-provoking conversations and new perspectives. We are unsatisfied with superficial interactions. In our current environment, with social awkwardness resulting from giving too much importance to external factors and empty promises of happiness that our consumer society cannot fulfill, our relationships are suffering. According to a survey from May 2020, only fourteen percent of Americans reported being very happy – a decrease of thirty-one percent compared to 2018.
I believe that these types of surveys, terms like DMC, the prevalence of depression, addiction, and the shocking increase in suicide rates are signs pointing to another, deeper pandemic – a pandemic of meaninglessness. Viktor Frankl, a psychiatrist, philosopher, Holocaust survivor, and author of 32 books, called this lack of meaning and value “the poverty of the West.” In his classic book “Man’s Search for Meaning,” translated into 23 languages, he wrote: “People have enough to live, but they have nothing to live for. They have means, but no meaning.” He also stated over fifty years ago that thirty percent of his patients suffer from a lack of meaning. C.G. Jung also brought up this issue eći preodstotak. I Frankl i Jung have understood that our search for meaning is what makes us human and that we can become ill due to a lack of meaning. Frankl: “Suffering from meaninglessness is not pathological, but rather a proof of humaneness. But although it is not caused by anything pathological, it is potentially pathogenic.” For him, the search for meaning represents the primary motivational force of humanity, and if we lack meaning, we begin to deteriorate, in one way or another.
This search for meaning will inevitably lead us to existential questions. And here is where DMC and philosophy come together. Philosophy, not as an intellectual conversation with many names and complex sentences, but as “love of wisdom,” as awareness of our profound questions, and as an intuition that there are answers we need to find and fundamental principles we must uncover. Philosophy is both the driving force and the product of our search for meaning. Philosophy, combined with skills of listening, empathy, genuine interest in others, openness, and aute The essence of deep and meaningful conversations will certainly be the foundation of every profound conversation.
The reason why the concept of DMC appealed to me was because I saw it as an indication that we are starting to understand what is missing and what we are actually searching for. If we can identify the problem, we will be able to seek a solution. If we understand the value of deep and meaningful conversations, it means that we want to go deeper, truly engage with each other, dare to ask big questions, rather than silencing them with pathological busyness or the use of psychoactive substances.
One of the greatest gifts we can give each other is time for a good conversation. That is why we always feel better and more fulfilled. We connect, transcend our differences, and discover that we are not alone in this meaningless universe, but rather part of a human family that has always found meaning in human experiences and in our suffering. I believe that deep and meaningful conversations can be a universal remedy for many ailments of our time, and I hope you will embrace them. Wealth will abound in the coming months.