Nina told me that current psychiatric thinking doesn’t fully sign Maslow's hierarchy of needs but it’s a good simplified rationale for many ways of thinking.
She "used" me to compare this style in her studies, she thinks I am a perfect example of a closed area. She now asked me to think about the different parts of the pyramid compared to my life.
My physiological needs are very well met: Air, Water, Food, Sex, Sleep, Clothing, Protection.
Of these needs, sex is especially emphasized in its own, special way. Although it is limited and regulated for me, I feel its existence every moment.
Security needs are also very well met: Health, Personal Security, Emotional Security, Financial Security
I live a very constant environment where I feel taken care of and I need to worry about anything.
Love and social belonging needs is a much more difficult area for me: Family, Friendship, Intimacy
I have my own family and friends but they are "far from me", I see them very rarely but I know they love me and I love them.
Basically, I feel like the Committee and even the guards are my friends even though it doesn’t show up in any way in everyday life, perhaps vice versa.
I recognize the need for intimacy but that’s something I’ve learned to give up. I get intimacy when the guards handle me closely in routine tasks. O-sessions are also kind of intimacy.
esteem needs.
I get appreciation for doing my job as well as my behavior here.
Cognitive needs, creativity, predictability, curiosity and relevance are needed in my daily work. I feel good about it.
For aesthetic needs, I see a lot of pictures and videos of beautiful places, animals and people (ugly and sad too ...). It satisfies my need for aesthetics even though my environment is very simplistic.
"Self-realization" is a more difficult area to deal with. It often thinks of Acquiring a Partner, Parenting, Utilizing Talents, Pursuing Goals, etc.
Obviously I am not looking for a partner in my life, I am not raising children. I use and develop my skills in my work.
I don’t know what my ultimate goal in life is ... to be a better prisoner?
The level of transcendence I have not yet found in my life, maybe sometimes when I am wiser
This update might have been a bit of a boring self-reflection but I thought it was important, everyone should think about these things for themselves