Type of Comfort:

Relief - the state of having a specific comfort need met

Ease - the state of calm or contentment

Transcendence - the state in which one can rise above problems or pain

Context in Which Comfort Occurs:

Physical - pertaining to bodily sensations

Psychospiritual - pertaining to internal awareness of self, including esteeem, concept, sexuality, meaning in one's life, and one's relationship to a higher order or being

Environmental - pertaining to the external background of human experience (temperature, light, sound, odor, color, furniture, landscape, etc.)

Social - pertaining to interpersonal, family, and societal relationships (finances, teaching, health care personnel, etc.)