how do you deal with a lack of intimacy when you’re single? this is relevant because once you know that you don’t just get intimacy in one way, you can better deal with the lack of intimacy when you’re single, by finding other ways to still feel it. this is usually the one that springs to mind when we talk about ‘getting intimate’ with a person. when you have intellectual intimacy, you feel like you can discuss anything with a …

you feel attached to this person in a special way, and you might find that you want to spend as much time with them as possible. a soulmate is someone that you feel comfortable with, and you’re surprised to find that you constantly find new things that you overlap with in terms of connection. this can be a way that you determine if someone is your soulmate; you want to know that the needs of each partner are valued and …

one of the great truisms in psychology is the fact that relationships matter to our sense of well-being. two of those stages applied specifically to the college years: identity vs. identity diffusion and intimacy vs. isolation (click on these links to read more about them). our participants were in their late 50s, and we had data from their college years that we could use to predict their scores on identity and intimacy at the earlier intervals when they were in …

we start with big hopes and dreams that our relationship is special, different than anyone else’s and that the sex is going to be hot and mind-blowing for the rest of our lives. the saddest part is that partners are usually not aware that this is normal; they don’t want to acknowledge it as normal, and they don’t talk about it. by the way, this is only a problem if there’s a difference in the level of sex drive and …

i insisted that stuart stay around for the first few sessions—i wanted to get an idea of their history together. angela claimed that she had forgiven her wayward husband, but i had a hunch that hers had been a surface–only forgiveness and that her depression was the result of buried feelings of hostility toward her unfaithful husband. at the end of that long and arduous process, they were able to stand before the congregation and share their testimony of healing …