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Insecurity is the emotion associated with a lack of confidence within oneself. [1] It is often associated with feelings of fear and uncertainty , especially surrounding one's abilities. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The word was originally used in the psychological sense in the year 1917. [ 4 ]
[62] [66] In fact, people who do experience mental disturbances in Japan generally view seeking the help of a psychiatrist as shameful or a reason for them to be socially shunned. [62] Experts predict an increase in focus on issues such as the mental health problems now affecting youth, and specifically through effective telemedicine services ...
Number of people affected by undernourishment in 2010–12 (by region, in millions) [34] Number of severely food insecure people by region (2014–2018) Food insecurity levels by region and sex (2022) Close to 12 percent of the global population was severely food insecure in 2020, representing 928 million people -148 million more than in 2019. [5]
Theoretically, secure child and adult script, would allow for an attachment situation where one person successfully utilizes another as a secure base from which to explore and as a safe haven in times of distress. In contrast, insecure individuals would create attachment situations with more complications. [159]
Insecure attachment styles in toddlers involve unusual reunions after separation from a familiar person. The children may snub the returning caregiver, or may go to the person but then resist being picked up. They may reunite with the caregiver, but then persistently cling to the caregiver, and fail to return to their previous play.
The term was subsequently adopted by sociologists, but in a decontextualized sense [2] – for example, sociologists would not claim that people who are not ontologically secure (in the sociological sense) have schizophrenia, or that home ownership, which is associated with ontological security, would prevent someone from developing schizophrenia.
These two emotions have very different meanings—and, surprisingly, they both have benefits.
Human security forms an important part of people’s well-being, and is therefore an objective of development. An objective of development is “the enlargement of human choices”. Insecurity cuts life short and thwarts the use of human potential, thereby affecting the reaching of this objective.