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You NEED to feel safe internally (physically and psychologically) in order to explore, to learn new skills, to experiment, to grow.
There’s Nothing Wrong! There’s Only Reality!
Most daily stress is self-generated by thoughts/judgments that “there’s something wrong” — either with oneself or with another or with a situation going on. Thoughts of “something’s wrong” trigger the fight-flight system, even if only a little.
If you’re an adult and you’re thinking-believing-acting as if you “have to” do something you don’t want to do, you are acting like a child, or a prisoner, or victim — not free, not at choice.
We human beings need to feel safe internally in order to function well. This is not just a pop psychology good idea. It is a biological, physiological truth.