2nd - Safety and Security needs , reflect our desire for stability, order and predictability in our lives and work, so we can place our attention on new ideas without distraction. And need for Acceptance , to give and receive love and affection, to have a partner, friends and to belong to organisations and gain colleagues' acceptance, need for support and acceptance. Also the need for Self-acceptance on a realistic basis. Lower needs usually have to be adequately fulfilled before higher needs become very important. Higher needs fulfilled, enhance our activity in the 'lower' areas.
Fear is the primary cause of distorted thinking and the resulting inappropriate emotions.
When irrational, it is based on imaginary threats to the fulfilment of basic needs. These needs have become compulsive - attachments to people, things, ideas and beliefs which the person cannot bear to be without. Filling their deficiency becomes more important than purposeful growth. The handling of such compulsions, the cause of negative human emotion and reactions, will inevitably be required, since they are the underlying issues preventing the growth of self-actualisation. This will be enhanced as the individual resolves issues in his case which had previously caused confusion, upset and a poor self-image.