Self-esteem
Self-esteem is the subjective evaluation of your own worth. There are two sources to fulfill this need:
- The need for respect from others that is obtained from recognition and admiration.
- The need for self-respect in the form of self-love, skill or aptitude. If you buy things because you want to prove yourself, you will fulfill your need for self-love.
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- The lowest and first one is physical needs such as water, food, and air.Ā
- Second, come safety and security needs.Ā
- Third comes the need for relationships, friendships, and love.Ā
- Last,Ā self-esteem and self-actualization.
Those who have fulfilled their needs at the lower level will try to level up and also fulfill their needs in the upper levels.Ā
Self-actualization is the realization of one's uniquely creative, intellectual, or social potential. It is a very personal experience.
When their need for self-esteem is fulfilled, where they have accepted themselves for the good and the bad, people move on to self-actualization.
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Romantic relationships have the extraordinary potential to expand our selves.Ā
They create a 'role engulfment' where one's identity is based entirely on one specific role of being a good lover/partner. It is conducive to one's growth and health and eventually applies to the self, and one starts to help others selflessly.
- Continued appreciations of the same objects, events and circumstances.
- Acceptance of oneās quirks and desires.
- Maintaining authenticity and dignity.
- Maintaining equanimity towards lifeās inevitable ups and downs.
- Having a purpose in life.
- Pursuing the real, unadulterated truth about people and nature.
- A genuine desire to help mankind.
- Having internal peak experiences, opening new dimensions of the mind.
- Having a conscience.
- Being a creative spirit while doing any kind of action.