#emotional-safety

#emotional-safety

Emotional safety impacts health outcomes just as much as physical safety-suggesting that emotional safety is not an option in healthcare environments.

Emotional momentum can be mistaken for emotional safety, leading to deep investments in relationships based on fleeting excitement rather than genuine compatibility.

At the heart of connection is the feeling that your thoughts, emotions, and perceptions are not just valid, but also recognized by someone else. This doesn't require total agreement, but it does require enough overlap in how you each make sense of the world.

To help yourself relax, try stretching and taking breaths with an extended exhale.

When your emotional world has long felt invisible, even a brief moment of genuine recognition can feel extraordinary. We may interpret emotional safety as intimacy and validation as love.