Azure Jane Lunatic (Azz) 🌺 (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
azurelunatic) wrote2002-07-21 08:29 am
azurelunatic) wrote2002-07-21 08:29 am
Thought of the day
...From the polyamory community...
Something for me to definitely think about.
Sex for that reason should be regarded in the same light as Prozac and drugs of the like: something to keep me out of a place where my mind should not be for its own health: something to keep me in a frame of mind where I can work identifying the roots of the problem and work on the problem itself without going more insane.
The problem with this is that if sex -- or anything external to yourself -- is essential to your sense of self-worth and your belief that life is good, then you’ve got problems. Big problems. Problems that other people who care about your well-being should not be embracing as though they’re actually a good thing. Simply flooding your brain with endorphins -- however often or with howevermany people -- doesn’t actually solve any underlying insecurities or wounds that you may have; if anything, such desperate “pleasure fixes” only dissuade you from addressing your real problems.
Something for me to definitely think about.
Sex for that reason should be regarded in the same light as Prozac and drugs of the like: something to keep me out of a place where my mind should not be for its own health: something to keep me in a frame of mind where I can work identifying the roots of the problem and work on the problem itself without going more insane.