Allah@piefed.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agoWhat are your thoughts on people who are pro-self preservation?message-squaremessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down116
arrow-up1-9arrow-down1message-squareWhat are your thoughts on people who are pro-self preservation?Allah@piefed.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squarekindnesskills@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 days agoWhat do you mean by pro-self preservation?
minus-squareAllah@piefed.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·2 days agouhhhh it’s a spectrum, At its healthiest, self-preservation can mean: setting boundaries, avoiding unnecessary risk, saving money, protecting mental health, leaving harmful situations, thinking long-term, resisting pressure to self-sacrifice for approval. But self-preservation can also become limiting if it turns into: chronic fear, emotional isolation, refusal to trust anyone, avoiding all vulnerability, stepping on others to stay secure, never taking meaningful risks.
minus-squareanothermember@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoIsn’t that just evolutionary developed instinct? I can’t imagine there would be anybody who’s not pro-self preservation on those terms.
What do you mean by pro-self preservation?
uhhhh it’s a spectrum,
At its healthiest, self-preservation can mean:
setting boundaries, avoiding unnecessary risk, saving money, protecting mental health, leaving harmful situations, thinking long-term, resisting pressure to self-sacrifice for approval.
But self-preservation can also become limiting if it turns into:
chronic fear, emotional isolation, refusal to trust anyone, avoiding all vulnerability, stepping on others to stay secure, never taking meaningful risks.
Isn’t that just evolutionary developed instinct? I can’t imagine there would be anybody who’s not pro-self preservation on those terms.