Alwareness - January 2016 - Veiligheid/Safety

Safety the state of being "safe":1. secure from liability to harm, injury, danger, or risk: a safe place.

2. free from hurt, injury, danger, or risk: to arrive safe and sound.

3. involving little or no risk of mishap, error, etc.: a safe estimate.

4. dependable or trustworthy: a safe guide.

5. careful to avoid danger or controversy: a safe player; a safe play.

6. denied the chance to do harm; in secure custody: a criminal safe in jail.

Being protected against physical, social, spiritual, financial, political, emotional, occupational, psychological, educational, or other types or consequences of failure, damage, error, accidents, harm, or any other event that could be considered non-desirable. Safety can also be defined to be the control of recognized hazards to achieve an acceptable level of risk. This can take the form of being protected from the event or from exposure to something that causes health or economical losses. It can include protection of people or of possessions.

dictionary.com & wikipedia

36 ideas to be safer in 2016

1.Decide if it is appropriate for you to work on safety as an issue

2.Define for yourself what being safe feels like

3. What are the necessary components for your for feeling safe

4. Be aware if you only feel safe – alone,

5. at home,

6. with those you know/like

7. Make a second safety boundary

8. – When I am in a crowd, alone, in an alien environment, what would I need to feel safe?

9. Define any places where your second safety boundary applies

10. Define places you feel unsafe

11. times when you feel unsafe

12. conditions under which you feel unsafe

13. Talk about feeling safe

14.Learn how to

15.           Ground

16.           Centre

17.           focus

18.          manage pain

19.          breathe properly

20. Practise deep breathing

21. Learn how to take a full, quick breath in

22.                    consciously breathe out

23.                    use you breath to focus

24.                                              think

25.                                              ground

26.                                              centre

27.                                              stop panic

28            recognise, validate, translate the physical information your body gives you in sens'(e)'ation

29. Learn to stretch or some appropriate stretches for yourself

30. Always have money/resources to get home

31. Be prepared to go it alone

32. Better alone than in the wrong company

33. Be aware of your surroundings

34. Trust your instincts

35. Better safe/bored than sorry

36. When in doubt take a deep breath