Calm relief

Relieved

Strength 2 of 4

A weight lifts as a worry, danger or strain you were carrying turns out to be over, or not as bad as feared, and tension drains away.

In the body

  • A long breath out
  • Shoulders dropping
  • A sudden loosening in the stomach

Needs behind it

When these needs are met

SafetyEaseReassurance

Softer and stronger

  1. Soothed
  2. Relieved

Often confused with

Relaxed

Relieved comes when a strain you were carrying lifts; relaxed is the loosened state that can follow, or arrive with no strain before it.

Soothed

Soothed is distress being gently eased while it is still there; relieved comes when the cause of the worry is over.

See also

GratefulSafe

Faux feelings that can hide this

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