ritualized, compulsive self-disclosure is not intimacy
it’s often a defense mechanism, one that masquerades as vulnerability but actually kills erotic charge, polarity, and mystery
shared experience, unspoken tension, and real-time attunement are the components of intimacy
ritualized, compulsive self-disclosure is not intimacy it’s often a defense mechanism, one that masquerades as vulnerability but actually kills erotic charge, polarity, and mystery shared experience, unspoken tension, and real-time attunement are the components of intimacy
We seek intimacy to protect ourselves from feeling alone; and yet creating the distance essential to eroticism means stepping back from the comfort of our partner and feeling more alone.
Esther Perel • Mating in Captivity
One of the central myths of American romance right now is this notion that you and your partner should be able to tell each other anything and everything
I am begging you not to do this
There are so many things about you that are just for you, for your soul, as well as a whole other category of things that are only for your therapist or priest to kno... See more
I am begging you not to do this
There are so many things about you that are just for you, for your soul, as well as a whole other category of things that are only for your therapist or priest to kno... See more
X. It’s what’s happening
Sharing data requires a level of intimacy with a brand. Two main rules of intimacy are: one – it is mutual, two – it takes time to build.
David Mannheim • The Person in Personalisation: The Story Of How Marketing's Most Treasured Possession Became Anything but Personal
To enjoy intimacy is to expose your heart to deep sharing as well as to the unloving moments of others.
David Deida • Blue Truth: A Spiritual Guide to Life & Death and Love & Sex
