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	Emotional needs are important, evolutionary speaking, since humans have always needed to be in groups to thrive. Emotional needs evolved to ensure strong group connections. Emotional needs are also important, spiritually speaking, because they drive the organism towards an aligned state which supports subsequent connection.		Emotional needs are important, evolutionary speaking, since humans have always needed to be in groups to thrive. Emotional needs evolved to ensure strong group connections. Emotional needs are also important, spiritually speaking, because they drive the organism towards an aligned state which supports subsequent connection.
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Michael at 15:06, 29 December 2025

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	<blockquote class="definition">'''Emotional needs''' are the [[Essential Needs]] your [[Physical Unit]] ''must'' meet (see [[Sufficient Satisfaction]] and [[Healthy Satisfaction]]) in order so it can [[align]], [[connect]] (in Humanistic terms, [[Self-Actualization\|Self-Actualize]]), and consequently achieve its [[Full Human Potential]].		<blockquote class="definition">'''Emotional needs''' are the [[Essential Needs]] your [[Physical Unit]] ''must'' meet (see [[Sufficient Satisfaction]] and [[Healthy Satisfaction]]) in order so it can [[align]], [[connect]] (in Humanistic terms, [[Self-Actualization\|Self-Actualize]]), and consequently achieve its [[Full Human Potential]]. Emotional needs include our need to to be loved, to belong, to attach, and to express. We all also have a desperate need to be acknowledged, to be paid attention to, to be heard.

			Emotional needs are important, evolutionary speaking, since humans have always needed to be in groups to thrive. Emotional needs evolved to ensure strong group connections. Emotional needs are also important, spiritually speaking, because they drive the organism towards an aligned state which supports subsequent connection.
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	==Notes==		==Notes==

	Emotional needs include our need to to be loved, to belong, to attach, and to express. Emotional needs are important, evolutionary speaking, since humans have always needed to be in groups to thrive. They are also important, spiritually speaking, because they drive the organism towards an aligned state which supports subsequent connection.

	=== Satisfaction ===		=== Satisfaction ===
	In his unpublished article "Regaining our Sense of Gratitude,"<ref>Maslow, Abraham H. “Regaining Our Sense of Gratitude.” In ''Future Visions: The Unpublished Papers of Abraham Maslow'', edited by Edward Hoffman. Sage Publications, 1996. <nowiki>https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/future-visions/book8426</nowiki>.</ref> Maslow points to the importance of gratitude and provides several preliminary techniques for maintaining gratitude in life.		In his unpublished article "Regaining our Sense of Gratitude,"<ref>Maslow, Abraham H. “Regaining Our Sense of Gratitude.” In ''Future Visions: The Unpublished Papers of Abraham Maslow'', edited by Edward Hoffman. Sage Publications, 1996. <nowiki>https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/future-visions/book8426</nowiki>.</ref> Maslow points to the importance of gratitude and provides several preliminary techniques for maintaining gratitude in life.

	~~It needs to be noted that while gratitude is important, it hardly the only thing you need. You also need to feel love and be loved, to belong, to have healthy attachments, and to find full power~~ of ~~expression. Not that I am suggesting that Maslow would ever reduce emotional needs down to gratitude, mind you. Maslow was smart.~~		Sufficient satisfaction of emotional needs is ''only'' possible within the context of healthy and non-toxic [[Attachment Group\|Attachment Groups]].

	~~Note that meeting~~ emotional needs is ''only'' possible within the context of healthy and non-toxic [[Attachment Groups]].

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	# '''Spiritual Impairments''': Unmet emotional needs can impact a person's sense of purpose and connectedness, vital elements of spiritual well-being. Feelings of loneliness and isolation may contribute to a sense of existential emptiness and a lack of meaning in life,<ref>Park, Crystal L., "Religion and Meaning," ''Handbook of the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality'', 2013, pp. 357–378</ref> leaving one without a clear purpose or direction.<ref>Yalom, Irvin D., "Existential Psychotherapy," ''Basic Books'', 1980.</ref>		# '''Spiritual Impairments''': Unmet emotional needs can impact a person's sense of purpose and connectedness, vital elements of spiritual well-being. Feelings of loneliness and isolation may contribute to a sense of existential emptiness and a lack of meaning in life,<ref>Park, Crystal L., "Religion and Meaning," ''Handbook of the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality'', 2013, pp. 357–378</ref> leaving one without a clear purpose or direction.<ref>Yalom, Irvin D., "Existential Psychotherapy," ''Basic Books'', 1980.</ref>

	===~~From the Literature~~===		== Quotes ==
			<blockquote>"My friends, how desperately do we need to be loved and to love. When Christ said that man does not live by bread alone, he spoke of a hunger. This hunger was not the hunger of the body. It was not the hunger for bread. He spoke of a hunger that begins deep down in the very depths of our being. He spoke of a need as vital as breath. He spoke of our hunger for love.
	"My friends, how desperately do we need to be loved and to love. When Christ said that man does not live by bread alone, he spoke of a hunger. This hunger was not the hunger of the body. It was not the hunger for bread. He spoke of a hunger that begins deep down in the very depths of our being. He spoke of a need as vital as breath. He spoke of our hunger for love.

	Love is something you and I must have. We must have it because our spirit feeds upon it. We must have it because without it we become weak and faint. Without love our self-esteem weakens. Without it our courage fails. Without love we can no longer look out confidently at the world. We turn inward and begin to feed upon our own personalities, and little by little we destroy ourselves.		Love is something you and I must have. We must have it because our spirit feeds upon it. We must have it because without it we become weak and faint. Without love our self-esteem weakens. Without it our courage fails. Without love we can no longer look out confidently at the world. We turn inward and begin to feed upon our own personalities, and little by little we destroy ourselves.

	With it we are creative. With it we march tirelessly. With it, and with it alone, we are able to sacrifice for others. Chief Dan George."<ref>Nerburn, Kent, ed. ''The Wisdom of the Native Americans.'' Novato, California: New World Library, 1999</ref>		With it we are creative. With it we march tirelessly. With it, and with it alone, we are able to sacrifice for others. Chief Dan George."<ref>Nerburn, Kent, ed. ''The Wisdom of the Native Americans.'' Novato, California: New World Library, 1999</ref></blockquote>{{endstuff}}

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	=== Satisfaction ===		=== Satisfaction ===
	In his unpublished article "Regaining our Sense of Gratitude,"<ref>Maslow, Abraham H. “Regaining Our Sense of Gratitude.” In ''Future Visions: The Unpublished Papers of Abraham Maslow'', edited by Edward Hoffman. Sage Publications, 1996. <nowiki>https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/future-visions/book8426</nowiki>.</ref> Maslow points to the importance of gratitude and provides several preliminary techniques for maintaining gratitude in life.		In his unpublished article "Regaining our Sense of Gratitude,"<ref>Maslow, Abraham H. “Regaining Our Sense of Gratitude.” In ''Future Visions: The Unpublished Papers of Abraham Maslow'', edited by Edward Hoffman. Sage Publications, 1996. <nowiki>https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/future-visions/book8426</nowiki>.</ref> Maslow points to the importance of gratitude and provides several preliminary techniques for maintaining gratitude in life.

	~~Gratification~~ is important, ~~but~~ it~~'s is~~ hardly the only thing you need. You also need to feel love and be loved, to belong, to have healthy attachments, and to find full power of expression. ~~Meeting these~~ needs is only possible within the context of healthy and non-toxic [[Attachment Groups]].		It needs to be noted that while gratitude is important, it hardly the only thing you need. You also need to feel love and be loved, to belong, to have healthy attachments, and to find full power of expression. Not that I am suggesting that Maslow would ever reduce emotional needs down to gratitude, mind you. Maslow was smart.

			Note that meeting emotional needs is ''only'' possible within the context of healthy and non-toxic [[Attachment Groups]].

	=== Consequences ===		=== Consequences ===

Michael at 14:43, 20 December 2025

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	<blockquote class="definition">'''Emotional needs''' ~~include our needs for love~~, ~~belonging/inclusion~~, and ~~expression and a powerful need for~~ [[~~Attachment~~]].		<blockquote class="definition">'''Emotional needs''' are the [[Essential Needs]] your [[Physical Unit]] ''must'' meet (see [[Sufficient Satisfaction]] and [[Healthy Satisfaction]]) in order so it can [[align]], [[connect]] (in Humanistic terms, [[Self-Actualization\|Self-Actualize]]), and consequently achieve its [[Full Human Potential]].
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	Emotional needs are important, ~~evolutionarily~~ speaking, since humans have always needed to be in groups to ~~survive~~ and ~~thrive~~.		Emotional needs include our need to to be loved, to belong, to attach, and to express. Emotional needs are important, evolutionary speaking, since humans have always needed to be in groups to thrive. They are also important, spiritually speaking, because they drive the organism towards an aligned state which supports subsequent connection.

			=== Satisfaction ===
			In his unpublished article "Regaining our Sense of Gratitude,"<ref>Maslow, Abraham H. “Regaining Our Sense of Gratitude.” In ''Future Visions: The Unpublished Papers of Abraham Maslow'', edited by Edward Hoffman. Sage Publications, 1996. <nowiki>https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/future-visions/book8426</nowiki>.</ref> Maslow points to the importance of gratitude and provides several preliminary techniques for maintaining gratitude in life.

	~~They are~~ also ~~important~~, ~~spiritually speaking~~, ~~because they drive~~ the ~~organism towards an aligned state which supports subsequent connection~~.		Gratification is important, but it's is hardly the only thing you need. You also need to feel love and be loved, to belong, to have healthy attachments, and to find full power of expression. Meeting these needs is only possible within the context of healthy and non-toxic [[Attachment Groups]].

			=== Consequences ===
	Sufficient satisfaction of emotional needs leads to, among other things,		Sufficient satisfaction of emotional needs leads to, among other things,

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	==List of Essential Needs Categories==		==Concept Map==

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	<blockquote class="definition">'''Emotional needs''' include our ~~“love and belonging~~ needs~~,” our need~~ for ~~support~~, ~~acceptance, connection~~, and ~~inclusion in family~~ and ~~friend groupings,~~ for [[Attachment~~\|Attachment.~~]] ~~Emotional needs also include a powerful need to ''express'' love and support attachments~~. ~~'''~~		<blockquote class="definition">'''Emotional needs''' include our needs for love, belonging/inclusion, and expression and a powerful need for [[Attachment]].
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	<blockquote class="definition">'''Emotional needs''' include our “love and belonging needs,” our need for support, acceptance, connection, and inclusion in family and friend groupings, for [[Attachment\|Attachment.]] ~~These~~ needs ~~are particular important needs, evolutionarily speaking, since humans have always needed to be in groups~~ to ~~survive~~ and ~~thrive~~.'''		<blockquote class="definition">'''Emotional needs''' include our “love and belonging needs,” our need for support, acceptance, connection, and inclusion in family and friend groupings, for [[Attachment\|Attachment.]] Emotional needs also include a powerful need to ''express'' love and support attachments. '''
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	==Notes==		==Notes==

			Emotional needs are important, evolutionarily speaking, since humans have always needed to be in groups to survive and thrive.

			They are also important, spiritually speaking, because they drive the organism towards an aligned state which supports subsequent connection.

	Sufficient satisfaction of emotional needs leads to, among other things,		Sufficient satisfaction of emotional needs leads to, among other things,

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	<blockquote class="definition">'''Emotional needs include our “love and belonging needs,” our need for support, acceptance, connection, and inclusion in family and friend groupings, for [[Attachment\|Attachment.]] These needs are particular important needs, evolutionarily speaking, since humans have always needed to be in groups to survive and thrive.'''		<blockquote class="definition">'''Emotional needs''' include our “love and belonging needs,” our need for support, acceptance, connection, and inclusion in family and friend groupings, for [[Attachment\|Attachment.]] These needs are particular important needs, evolutionarily speaking, since humans have always needed to be in groups to survive and thrive.'''
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