Our Hierarchy of Needs have shifted...
Everything we thought was OK in our life, just got challenged.
Suddenly we became aware of our fundamental needs and everything else just got put on hold.
So the number one reason is "safety" followed by "love and belonging"
See Maslow's Hierarchy of needs diagram to help you make sense of the WHY we feel so challenged at the moment...
Our sense of safety has been directly challenged, whether it is your job, your health, your connections in family and community, the limitations to touch with social distancing... everything that makes us feel "safe" has been challenged by this world situation.
Everyone has basic needs, starting at the bottom of this diagram... when those needs get met, we can easily move up to the next line and so forth, and of course, when things shift and change, we get bumpy for a minute and have to re-establish those physiological needs, then safety needs (bottom structures of our needs), then rebuild and strengthen them first before we can go on with our fuller lives.
SO, this uncertainty most are feeling right now, is a NORMAL REACTION and the more we understand that our basic human model operates under this system, the easier it is to focus on what we need to resolve first. We know that it will normalise as we resolve or make steady those platforms that have shaken us (and for some, to the core). AND WE WILL RESOLVE THEM. We can take simple practical steps daily in this.
Human evolution has shown us time and time again that we survive adversity. Just like this situation we find ourselves in now. Adapt and overcome to a new way of being... and the more we resource those parts of ourselves, the more quickly we recover from the challenge.
For all of those that are on the path to self actualization, please don't fret...
because this understanding will help you stablize what is going on... and we can then resource those parts that need resourcing, and meet those parts that need something more, because once we know what we are looking for, it is easier to navigate the pathway back to your fullest potential.
I have loads of resources that will help you with any step towards this, and starting with a discovery session might reveal the answers you need for yours next big shift or small step.
We can all return to feeling safe and secure, connected and well resourced... to live our full potential, and self actualization is then possible once more.
To me, it becomes a win-win situation, as it will make us more evolved with each adaptation to the ever expanding life we live in.
When it all starts to make sense WHY we feel like we do... in that, we can feel "safer" knowing what we can then do about it. :-) xxx
