Sex, Love and Intimacy
- Sailor Jerri
- Jan 30, 2017
- 1 min read
Sex: The physical Act
Love: Emotional Affection
Intimacy: Support / Community
Humans are social creatures, and even the most introverted of us needs more than one person to fill all the needs in our lives. Human intimate needs are often broken down into: Sex, Love and Intimacy. And I’m here to tell you if you think one person is going to fill all those needs all the time, it is unlikely! Most people gets their needs in these categories met by more than more person. I’m not saying most people are poly-amorous I am just saying that most people have more than one person in their life. Most people get sex from themselves in the form of masturbation and they may also seek out sex from others. Most people get love from their family and friends and they may also seek out romantic lovers. Intimacy can come from many places: a close friendship, a social organization or even your local community. And community can be key to a healthy sexual identity. Most people will find that different people fill different needs at different times in their lives.
The “perfect relationship” that is defined by one person filling all your needs for all time is not only unrealistic it is isolating and unhealthy. Everyone needs to personally define for themselves how best to fill their own Sex, Love and Intimacy needs. No two people fill these needs in the same way.
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