Mental Meanderings - August 13, 2018
Vladi's Mental Meandering 4 of 12 Intimacy I was talking to my ex, Cheryl, this weekend, when I had an epiphany. Our conversation was circling the burning bush of intimacy, which I have always had a bit of a disagreement with her about, but until now, I really never realized WHY. As some of you know, my childhood was not the best growing up, and thus I had a lot of trust issues (still to this day, but working on it), especially on letting people get close to me. Now, the point of contention is that to Cheryl, sex was intimacy. And, while it very well can be, I think that there is much more to intimacy than just skin on skin contact. No, to me, intimacy is transparency and vulnerability. You do not have to be face to face with someone to be intimate with them, as we have all have had intimate situations with those that we have dealt with over the phone. We have had to help some very desperate people, who lay open themselves for the help they desperately c