The Fawning Abyss
Instead of fighting, fleeing, or freezing, those who fawn will placate the source of their distress with being agreeable and helpful, relinquishing assertiveness and boundaries in exchange for a sense of safety.
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Twenty years into her marriage, Kat and her husband faced head-on the great underlying fear of most monogamous people: My partner wants to have sex with other people. For them, that truth led to a rollercoaster of new sexual and romantic adventures...
Instead of fighting, fleeing, or freezing, those who fawn will placate the source of their distress with being agreeable and helpful, relinquishing assertiveness and boundaries in exchange for a sense of safety.
Continue reading →I kept feeling like if only I could hit on the right combination of hair colour and attitude then Poof! I'd magically feel like early-2015-model Kat
Continue reading →Figuring out how to put ourselves out there as confident sexual beings is a lot more difficult than simply deciding to do so.
Continue reading →Stress, fatigue, hormones, depression, body image, and connectivity are just a few of the things that can affect a person’s libido.
Continue reading →We talk with the founders of Converge Con, a conference originated with a desire to build sex positive communities, and start a dialogue around sexuality, relationships, and activism.
Continue reading →On this episode of On The Wet Coast, you get a chance to peek behind the curtain and learn more about self-described Super Villain, Gamer, geek, and resident know-it-all Flick Morrison.
Continue reading →I feel really glad that a partner gets to have a thing that fuels and fulfills them while simultaneously feeling left out that they're choosing to do those things with someone else.
Continue reading →Jealousy is almost always the reason people cite when they state that they couldn't ever be non-monogamous yet plenty of non-monogamous and polyamorous people experience jealousy regularly.
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