Connection need
Human brains are wired for connection. This means that we seek out meaningful relationships across our experience. Our connection need includes the need to:
Human relationships
Have significant and sustained human relationships, and to seek out reciprocal interaction with other human beings. This can look like shared interests and experiences, long-term family or romantic relationships, or simple moments of interaction.
Community
- Feel a sense of belonging to a community (or communities), including feeling like you belong to humanity as one collective.
Be included and involved in groups, though this is coupled strongly with our recognition and autonomy needs, as described below, as we cannot experience true connection without acceptance of who we are, and feeling free to be who we are.
Origin
Have a relationship with place, purpose and origin. This includes seeking answers about what it means to be human, feeling like we need to spend time in nature and needing to find meaning in our lives.
Associated words
- Attention
- Time
- Awareness
- Presence
- Experience
- Relationship
- Partnership
- Group
- Community
- Belonging
- Share
- Meaning
- Together
- Purpose
- Nature
- Communication
- Affection
- Reciprocal
- Compassion
- Sex
- Companion
- Tenderness
- Share (time)
- Attraction
- Intimacy
- Empathy
- Trust
- Openness
Words related to connection dysregulation
- Lonely
- Numb
- Sad
- Indifferent
- Abandoned
- Grieving
- Rejected
- Neglected
- Disconnected
- Apathetic
- Out of touch
- Untouched
