Thank you for sharing. I’m also ending a year of celibacy intentionally chosen. My last romance was so intense that I needed time to regain my energy again and I chose a year for it. It has been a time to truly understand my relationship with desire, not just men and external approval, which was the first step. I also had the chance to understand why desire arises in me. I guess my search was more related to myself and less about the others. I haven’t openly talked about it publicly because it feels so personal but your piece also helped me reflect on my on empirical discoveries 😋 thank youuu
Wow Kai, this is profound ❤️🔥 and it sounds painful to be wanting deeper intimacy and not be met in that. Honestly it makes me think of porn culture and how it’s so common for young boys to be programmed by porn, how that gets in the way of intimacy. I wonder how much that plays a role. Like I wonder at what age did the guy in this story start watching porn and how that shapes his perceptions of intimacy.
i appreciate this piece so much. thank you for writing it
thank u amani, i appreciate you for reading <3
Found this at an uncannily perfect moment- feeling called to enter a period of celibacy myself. Thanks for your words, they’ve helped 🤲❤️
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Thank you for sharing. I’m also ending a year of celibacy intentionally chosen. My last romance was so intense that I needed time to regain my energy again and I chose a year for it. It has been a time to truly understand my relationship with desire, not just men and external approval, which was the first step. I also had the chance to understand why desire arises in me. I guess my search was more related to myself and less about the others. I haven’t openly talked about it publicly because it feels so personal but your piece also helped me reflect on my on empirical discoveries 😋 thank youuu
wow thank you for sharing Joanna, moved by your response <3
Wow Kai, this is profound ❤️🔥 and it sounds painful to be wanting deeper intimacy and not be met in that. Honestly it makes me think of porn culture and how it’s so common for young boys to be programmed by porn, how that gets in the way of intimacy. I wonder how much that plays a role. Like I wonder at what age did the guy in this story start watching porn and how that shapes his perceptions of intimacy.
thank you forest <3