You Can Feel Safe Even When Your Relationship Feels Shaky
Psychology Today | 29.01.2026 00:05
Most women were taught that safety, when it comes to telling the truth, relies on controlling the outside world; it’s a belief that makes sense—and helped us survive. And yet, it’s also a belief that has its own consequences. External safety is important, of course, but it keeps us in a state of hyper-vigilance and anxiety. External safety, as it turns out, is only the first step in the process of creating deep and reliable safety—the kind that the body genuinely trusts.
