Maslow’s Needs Hierarchy Theory Upside Down

Love is enthralling.

Some people lose touch with their own hard-won truths about their boundaries when they fall in love (or lust) and put themselves at risk in order to have sex and love in their lives. Countless couples part ways because one partner strays to another attraction or infatuation. Some people are willing to risk their homes (shelter and safety), families (love and belonging), careers (security and belonging), respect the community (belonging), and even their lives through unsafe sex practices (survival) just to have sex.2 within

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