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Old Apr 11, 2017, 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by anais_anais View Post
This definition makes me sad, because it only tells me what safe isn't! Absence of danger, absence of injury, but what exactly is it.... I guess Miriam Webster had a hard time too...

My T did ask me what safe meant, some time last year, and I also could only tell him what it wasn't.


I agree with you. I've not thought about it that way.

To define safety as being the absence of things that are harmful or hurtful does not really define a "feeling" of safety. It seems to define a place or situation where safety can be felt/experienced.

So, I agree with you also that the definition is not really a definition of what safe IS.

The analytical part of me is intrigued.
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