Purpose. The author of this article aims to present and analyze the views of Jozef Maria Bochenski concerning the issue of the question of life's sense based on the text "Sens zycia i inne eseje". From the philosopher's reflec-tions under the theme of the impossibility of life's sense in the case of community, the author analyzes Ukrainian society and tries to find an answer to the question, can the human community's sense exist? Among the tasks are the following: to apply the views of Barry and Janae Weinhold and the polyvagal theory of Stephen Porges; to express reflections on individual and social sense; indicate the potential reasons for the failure in searching for the Ukrainian national idea before Russia's attack on Ukraine in February 2022, as well as identify general trends in the develop-ment of the Ukrainian idea as a result of Russia's war against Ukraine. Theoretical basis. The methodological basis of the investigation is an analysis, synthesis, generalization, and analogy. Given the interdisciplinary approach, his-torical and psychological methods were used. It is noted that the most important feature of any group is interaction, which unites a number of other features into a single whole. Exactly the lack of interaction in Ukraine that necessi-tated the search for a national idea. After a full-scale Russian attack on Ukraine in 2022, there is a huge possibility to work through Ukrainian traumas, create a common identity, without an artificial division into West and East, and rebuild the state. Originality. The paper combines philosophical reflections and the latest psychological develop-ments; in their application, firstly, in the universal plane, which applies to every person, and secondly, in relation to the Ukrainian, due to its history and politics. Conclusions. It has been argued that the search for the authentic sense of life occurs when a person has reworked their traumas and attained a stable state of mental health, when subcon-scious factors do not control a person. By analogy, the thesis is put forward that Ukrainian society must undergo psychotherapy, to overcome its historical, and military traumas. As a result of the brutal war, rapid integration pro-cesses are possible, the whole Ukrainian society is aware of the need to switch exclusively to the Ukrainian lan-guage and rethink Ukrainian identity and statehood, build a new historical narrative on the heroic attitude of Ukrain-ian society, new Ukrainian heroes, dead and alive. It is possible to use the Russian attack as a unifying factor for all Ukrainians, creating a sense of community, creating a modern image of Ukraine in the international arena as a de -fender of democratic rights, Europe, rethinking its history and in particular Ukrainian-Russian and Ukrainian-Polish relations; indicate the need to process new traumatic experiences.
