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
What's real about intimacy to begin with?
Shaka McGlotten • Virtual Intimacies: Media, Affect, and Queer Sociality
"When it comes to affairs of the heart, there is simply nothing hotter than neediness".
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robert shrimsleyx.comAs we get used to speaking our genuine experience, to being honest about what we desire, we open up our interior experience to our partner. Being willing to reveal what’s inside is the prerequisite for true intimacy. To give someone else a glimpse of the universe within—a place that has long been ours and ours alone—is to invite them to know you in
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