For most people, good mental health results from getting our emotional needs met in balance

Our Emotional Needs Include

1. Security: having a safe territory and an environment which allows us to develop fully
2. Attention: receiving it from others but also giving it
3. Sense of autonomy and control: having volition to make responsible choices
4. Emotional connection to others: to know that at least one other person accepts us totally for who we are
5. Feeling part of a wider community
6. Privacy: having an opportunity to reflect and consolidate experience
7. Sense of status within social groupings
8. Sense of competence and achievement
9. A sense of meaning and purpose: being mentally or physically stretched

The Emotional Needs Audit is a simple diagnostic questionnaire developed by the Human Givens Institute, which is proving an invaluable tool as it rapidly shows where the potential problems in someone’s life might lie. This is a peer-reviewed measure which can quickly highlight potential problems in a person’s life. Any area scoring three or less is likely to be a major stressor for you.