What level are you on Maslow's hierarchy of needs?

[Dai]

I'm on the lowest level, so only have the physiological needs met. I'd probably need at least level 4 to feel good about myself and for life to be worth living.

 

[OnMyLast Legs]

Just red for me.

I wanted green and purple so badly that I neglected orange and yellow. That was a mistake. I went nuts and achieved nothing. 35yo now, no college degree, few good memories and they're all poisoned with shame and regret.

 

[divinemistress36]

Red. No wonder we are all depressed a lot of us only on red

 

[kunikuzushi]

I only have red fulfilled. And not even fully because my sleep quality is terrible.

 

[Pluto]

 

[no.one]

i'm always in red. i would like to believe that being on level 4 would also allow me to feel that life is worth living....but i still have my doubts!

 

[-nobodyknows-]

Orange, sort of. I really don't like this model though because it gives the illusion that having a certain level is enough for people to get by.

 

[RosebyAnyName]

This is the first time I've seen "social ability" on the second tier. For me, I guess that means I don't have orange, so red it is.

 

[Leiot]

Orange. I think the 'social ability' deals with superficial communication. I'm blessed that I have food, a roof over my head and health care.

 

[PlannedforPeru]

I have bits and pieces of each level which I know doesn't really make sense since it's supposed to be built on top of one another but as life goes on, I've grown skeptical of this as an accurate universal model for measuring the prerequisites needed to escalate the pyramid. Alternatively (for me at least), it could just be that the higher-level elements still present are the withering remnants from a period where I cared more about the upkeep of my life.

If I had to self-identify what I have from bottom layer to top: (the red and employment are the only ones which I'm actively maintaining)

Physiological Needs: Breathing, food, water, clothing, shelter, sleep
Safety and Security: Employment, health-ish, property (if you consider renting), family
Love and belonging: Friendship, family
Self-esteem: Respect of others
Self-actualization: Morality, creativity

I don't claim to know or assess better than others here, but it seems to me that many here underestimate the higher-level elements they may have. For one, it seems creativity is well exercised in a place like this and has me curious as to how indicative it may be of behaviors beyond the forum. Same goes with morality, some may abandon it in pursuit of CTBing but discussion involving morals and general beliefs are not exactly uncommon. The expression of which may be subconsciously attributed to being granted a level of respect to share here what we otherwise wouldn't out there.

Maybe it's that the pyramid is less relevant to our contemporary standard of living, especially to those of us who are permitted to browse the forum. Or maybe I'm talking straight outta my ass .

 

[MentalFuneral]

Orange

But I always thought Maslow was full of shit, and that this is psuedoscientific nonsense. I have most of the purple and green tiers fulfilled while entirely lacking yellow and orange.

 

[Hecubaa]

Not even red because I can't eat properly (running on 1 small meal a day for the most part) and my sleep is all over the place. I'm likely dehydrated most of the time as well.

 

[AuroraB]

purple, mostly cuz of inheritance. but a few pieces of each category rather than all of those concepts like plannedforperu stated so well.
i'm in my 60s and i've been working this life a very long time.

 

[iloveloving]

Orange.

 

[dyingslowly]

I'm on the lowest level, so only have the physiological needs met. I'd probably need at least level 4 to feel good about myself and for life to be worth living.

Bro u talking about maslow?, here it is all about survival my friend btw I am even below the last level

 

[theolivanderroach]

Half way in level 3. No intimacy (I'm ace and have always been single by choice), and no sense of connection with others even though I do have family and friends. Edit: nvm I dont have half the stuff in orange either lol

 

[E.T]

not even able to feed or water myself properly. i don't work, i have shelter, i could sleep all day if i wanted to but i struggle.

 

[Forever Sleep]

I have elements from all levels. I'm also lacking elements from all levels. In terms of a ladder, it would be like being three quarters of the way up then, realising it's not properly supported against something and a lot of the rungs broke on the way up. So, I hang on or, fall off basically.

 

[Gustav Hartmann]

I did not knew this construct, so I did some research. The result: It is bullshit.

 

[ForgottenAgain]

I'm on the lowest level, so only have the physiological needs met. I'd probably need at least level 4 to feel good about myself and for life to be worth living.

I have bits from different levels. Full red besides sleep which is patchy. Orange I have employment, and social ability I think (why is family on both orange and yellow?). Green I feel like I have it except confidence. Purple I have morality and creativity.

I have been pursuing the yellow band for a very long time...

 

[Thisisnotaname]

First level for me

 

[nihilistic_dragon]

I am barely at the red level lmao

 

[deadtrace]

Red for me definitely, and sleep is a push lol.

 

[Buffy]

Lowest level, of course

 

[etherealspring]

love and belonging. im grateful for the people in my life, but it isn't enough to only live for other people. there's nothing else thats making me stay here and i still want to ctb more than anything

 

[antonhylion]

I'm on the red now. But at least got the N

 

[figtree]

i'm on red. have most of it but hardly sleep and don't eat enough

 

[Nicholas22231]

I'm on red and it's a struggle day-by-day, money draining and no income and no education, no meaning, I like to think the way I live now is no different than being a zombie.

 

[blackbeauty]

lowest level

 

[wren-briar]

I had been solidly at the top until side effects of psych meds started causing me problems.

Instead of actually helping, supposed MH "professionals" gaslightled me, utterly discounted my very legitimate concerns, ever one of their subsequent "treatments" made the situation exponentially worse, and over the course of year, they actively shoved me further and further down Maslow's hierarchy.

At this point, I'm in the top of the red (sans hygiene because of the combination of broken pipes and depression; and sans sleep - that's been fucked for decades now), but only because I still have one family member and one close friend, who understand just how much harm the supposed MH "professionals" inflicted upon me.

That said, my bank account is going more and more into the red -as a result of just how broken those supposed MH "providers" left me- so even if they hadn't made me actively suicidal as a direct and explicit result of their actions against me -because of my strongly held moral beliefs about my own right-to-death- the damage they inflicted would have ultimately made me actively suicidal.

Costs of Not Actually Being Heard by People in the Mental Health Field