Reassurance may help patients, decreasing their stress and anxiety, and thus reducing inappropriate pain behavior and encouraging proactive healthy behavior (Figure 6-2). Reassurance may be the first step of psychological treatment.
- How important is reassurance in a relationship?
- What does it mean to need reassurance?
- Why do I always need reassurance for everything?
How important is reassurance in a relationship?
It allows us to be vulnerable with each other and feel the positive interaction and validation, and healthily express each other with our partners. Especially in those moments of doubt, people like receiving the affirmation that says we are valued and loved by our partners.
What does it mean to need reassurance?
uncountable noun. If someone needs reassurance, they are very worried and need someone to help them stop worrying by saying kind or helpful things. She needed reassurance that she belonged somewhere.
Why do I always need reassurance for everything?
Excessive reassurance seeking is a compulsive act done in hopes of reducing the anxiety associated with an obsession. 1 The compulsion often goes up when levels of distress are high and/or when the person feels unable to tolerate uncertainty.