Safe Zone: Don't let fear overcome you

Author: Stephen Arterburn et al. (USA)
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Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: Don't let fear overcome you. A safe place is a place that meets basic needs, allows people to love and be loved, helps them mature, fosters mutual trust, enables them to serve others freely, and express emotions freely. Safety is an attitude—it's how you perceive the world. Whether you feel safe or not is less related to your actual circumstances and more to your heart. An insecure mindset includes panic, tension, anxiety, frustration, pain, and fear. Whether you feel safe or not is less related to others' behavior and more to how you interpret their actions. Whether you feel safe or not is less related to the nature of the problem and more to how you react, think, and feel about it. Many of the world's "shoulds" and "shouldn'ts" are wrong, and they are often the source of our guilt and shame. Successful and famous people in the eyes of others are often unhappy because they cannot manage their daily lives. Perfectionists, optimists, and popular figures are all typical insecure people. Beneath their superficial glamour lies great hidden danger. Our initial experience of a safe place is the mother's womb. Warm, full, and protected. Even after growing up, the desire for a safe place accompanies us. We need a place with a sense of security that not only protects our property, lives, and well-being but also safeguards our minds, emotions, and spirits, shielding us from intentional harm, violation, and torment, and even from natural threats. When people are in an unsafe state, they become tense and anxious, unable to enjoy life's beauty, and magnify the negative aspects of life. Moreover, what makes it even more painful is that often, the creators of the unsafe place are themselves. This book combines the research of experts in psychology, counseling, and other fields, analyzing the characteristics and causes of unsafe places, and providing solutions to escape them. It includes correcting personal flaws and building a safe place, helping you create a life where you can love and be loved, mature, trust each other, express yourself freely, and build positive relationships.