human among humans
Heinz Kohut, who developed a model called “self psychology” in the early 1970s, proposed that belongingness was one of the core needs of the self. He defined belongingness as the feeling of being “human among humans,” a feeling that allows us to feel connected to other people. One of the major causes of mental health problems, he felt, was a lack of belongingness, the perception that we are cut off from our fellows.
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