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
Sebastian Ballisterx.comritualized, 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
Pretentiousness repels but authenticity attracts, and vulnerability is the pathway to intimacy.
Rick Warren • The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
Part of dating now is knowing that everyone is afraid of being cancelled or called a creep or narcissist while in the dangerous magnificent throes of sex and romance and you have to treat everyone like a traumatized animal and repeat over and over that you will not kill them for telling the truth or not knowing what they want or changing their mind... See more
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