I'm trying to come up with a word/label/phrase fitting this definition: a place of comfort where a normally anxious person is put at ease - due to being closed away from other people, understanding with confidence their position in space is unknown by others, and having security of mind that there are barricades that prevent surprise visits.
Maybe a word/label/phrase already exists for this, but I don't know it. Help me out here. It may sound like a hugbox, but it's not. This is specific to a location of comfort, and not necessarily against rational thought.
I have an anxiety disorder, and feel most secure when I know people aren't going to surprise me with a visit, other people not knowing where I am, other people not being able to hear or see me, and having barriers in place to stop shocking surprises from outside.
I'm thinking something like 'cave, chamber, celler', something like that. But not necessarily with negative connotations.
Controlled environment (?)
>>7821474
Safe-Space
>>7821486
But it's non-specific to feelings of ease.
>>7821474
sanctuary?
comfy
sequestered
bastion
retreat
>>7821474
Home.
Womb
Cocoon/chrysalis
>>7821681
You know I was in town yesterday and saw 'cocoon' and it struck me that it was the word I was looking for. Then again later that day, I spotted the word again. And then again later that night as a track on an album. And now you.
Do you think it's something metaphysical or something, or are minds programmed to search for similarities?
>>7821798
>or are minds programmed to search for similarities?
It's either a well-documented psychological quirk:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_enigma
>Do you think it's something metaphysical or something
or, you know, fucking magic.
>>7821798
>are minds programmed to search for similarities?
Yes. It's called confirmation bias, I believe.
>>7821474
cloister?
fortress of solitude
>>7821798
Humans look for patterns even if they don't exist
It's just how the mind works
>>7821474
Being pretty socially anxious myself I just call it home.
>>7821474
Den? Burrow?
