Looking At Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs

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My behavior type is passive. I’m not a fan of confrontation. I prefer to be vague with my answers, which seems to annoy some people. Usually it’s when I don’t want to let someone who I don’t trust very well to know me better. Looking at Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, the need that I continue to meet is Physiological. I have shelter, food, water, and air. When I am home I feel safer but when I’m outside of the home I feel unsafe and hyper vigilant due PSTD, which has affected my behavior a lot. People around me do not like my introverted personality and my anti-social behavior. I never feel like I belong anywhere. I have a sense of love and belonging because of my family and some friends so Belonging and Love on the Hierarchy of Needs are somewhat …show more content…
Many of the needs are not constant and change every day. Another learned behavior I realize I have is lower self-esteem. In some situations in my life like being bullied and being in an abusive relationship put my esteem on low. It has not gone back up to what would be called a healthier level. Everything I’ve mentioned all goes back to safety and security needs. I feel the safest when I’m home. I realized that some people just don’t like what they can’t understand. For me not feeling like I belong anywhere or with anyone, having low self-esteem, and being anti-social that is just who I am due to circumstances that were out of my control. I can’t really gauge myself on the Hierarchy of Needs because I really don’t know where I am. I’ve gone through Self-actualization moments recently due to the fact that I will have my degree soon. My Aesthetic needs are met for the most part with my passive behavior is that I create art or play violin. I believe that everything balances out even if right now things are hectic. My behavior of coming off aloof bothers people because again it’s another way that I protect myself from letting people in. I have learned so far that it takes time to gain most of the needs. Most of the needs are partially met. Eventually they will be almost fully met at some point in my life. This is a harder concept for me to

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