Safety

Physical safety

Physical safety means freedom from physical harm. Such harm can come from other people, such as when a mugger threatens us, or it can come from the environment, such as when we are standing in a burning building.

When other people threaten us, we are likely to respond with a Fight-or-Flight reaction.

Psychological safety

Although Maslow does not highlight this, we can feel just as unsafe when faced with the taunts of our peers as we do when faced with the knife of a mugger. Psychological safety is, of course, 'all in the mind', and this intangible nature can make it difficult to handle. It can also be difficult to make the decision as to whether the threat is intended and real or not.

We can also psychologically threaten ourselves, as that little voice in side berates us for our wrong-doings. We cannot get away from the repeated self-harming cycles of recurring memories or future projections and much psychotherapy is designed to stop us from continuing to harm ourselves.

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