Do you think emotional intimacy deepens physical intimacy—or the other way around?

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Do you believe emotional closeness is what makes physical intimacy great? Do you think getting physical can create emotions or strengthen emotions that are already there?

ohsheeT · Accepted Answer

I think intimacy energy when you become one with someone is the most intense beautiful intimacy your every going to feel

Then you add seduction , sensual touch. Passion desire. And making it all about the person your with there will become a peak of Clarity, telepathic, almost moments. It's like 2 body's becoming 1 like Memory foam holding on pushing pullling every part of your body's together

And then there becomes the moment of physical touch harder firmer all most forceful with all the above and for me that when I can feel the emotional side of the person I'm with just building and building until it just loses all control and explodes

And I think when you do this every time that's when everything changes and it makes just want more and more

People call it love. But it's energy

And I do believe that when you can experience this sex. love. And relationships will will be look at as something else. And we are meant to experience and and to learn from this in many different ways

ManOnFire · Accepted Answer

Good question. I do believe emotional intimacy can deepen physical intimacy to a very great degree because when emotions are impacted first it can set off fireworks for physical love. But also, physical intimacy can definitely strengthen emotional. Lots of people have fallen in love from that. Kinda like what Mike Tyson said for why he can't just have sex partners or one-night stands: "If I fuck you, I love you."

Simslover92 · Accepted Answer

Hmmm... I would definitely say it depends on the couple or person. For many I think emotional intimacy does deepen physical intimacy but for some it's the other way around. Usually people who have high sex drives and thrive off of physical intimacy.

I think personally for me, I have to form a deep emotional connection first before I feel anything physical for someone.

I've tried doing the physical first in the past and it just didn't work out needless to say. No surprise really there considering how important emotional intimacy is to me.

But I think overall emotional intimacy for the majority of people is what makes physical intimacy stronger.

FreyaRed · Accepted Answer

My clinic studies on human subjects show it does. Stronger emotional bond and more subconscious trust result in more sensual and intense physical intimacy. However this wasn't ever my goal, but subjects complained of being heartbroken after I ended relationship with them. Nothing personal, you're just a meat bag for me.

Love Doctor Brad · Accepted Answer

As a relationship coach, I love this juicy question! Emotional intimacy is like the spicy salsa that adds zing to the sweet taco of physical intimacy. Emotional closeness definitely deepens the physical experience. However, for some, getting physical can indeed spark a firework of emotions, lighting up connections that were smoldering beneath the surface. 🤩 It's a delightful dance, really. But hey, make sure that salsa isn't hiding any ghost peppers—watch for those red flags! 🚩😆

HawkPerception · Answer

It goes both ways. Emotional intimacy can deepen physical intimacy and physical intimacy can deepen emotional intimacy.

DishLady · Answer

EQ def impacts the significance of how you experience anything physical.

KittygosMeoWW · Answer

I’ve been loving your questions lately!!! On a side note lol I think emotional intimacy makes sexual intimacy more intense, feeling safe to express every emotion makes it safe for me to open up about kinks and what really gets me off in the moment.

loverguy123123123 · Answer

This is a complicated issue I think some things become too focused on sex even for people who claim to want something deeper then just sex when they are denied sex they don’t take it very well.

For anything genuine and long lasting there should be a emotional as well as a romantic connection. I think people who wait or are something like friends to lovers are relationships that last a lot longer then situations where someone just met at the bar had sex and are now engaged with a baby on the way.

Maybe_Maybe_not · Answer

Everything intimacy is psychological to me, so, in that sense physical intimacy doesn't exist in itself or for itself, it is just a resulting wish of emotions felt, all in the head, feelings and thoughts at core, centralized. In theory and in practice, I can't conceive the world or myself in any other way

Crimsyjo · Answer

Hm that's a tough one. I think having emotional intimacy definitely improves physical sex. Every time. But the other way round is 50/50. It's possible having sex with one person can also lead to increased emotional intimacy. But it's completely possible to have sex and not develop any.

AirofWind · Answer

I would say that it's both ways. I think the one direction (emotional intimacy deepening physical intimacy) is more heard of and more understood and perhaps more obvious, but the other direction is also very much true.

Emotional intimacy is or at least can be deepened by physical intimacy through physical vulnerability, by making the "falling" in love more explicit (giving your genitals to your partner's mouth for example, trusting her or him with them to not hurt you).

Do you agree @Elliegirl?

CupcakeTheDestroyer · Answer

For men, sexual intimacy and emotional intimacy are the same thing. They don’t know how to tell the difference and only bother with emotional intimacy after sex. Meanwhile women only bother with sex after experiencing emotional intimacy. This disconnect is the biggest reason for a lot of failed relationships.

PrincessC16 · Answer

I think you have to have a little of both. But you can get physical with no emotional attachment. People do that everyday. But when that emotional attachment is there, that's where it's at.

Joshydavid25 · Answer

Yes, emotional closeness makes physical intimacy great most definitely.. Otherwise there's not much intimacy going on with the physical and it just ends up being two people using each other to get off..

sage2021 · Answer

Definitely! If you aren't feeling it emotionally then you are just going through the physical part of it and not really feeling anything except the physical side of it.

Anonymous · Answer

Yes

My relationship has been very difficult

I can't even imagine kissing her on the lips. That's because emotional intimacy has disappeared. Don't know why. Just communication. Different people. Very different backgrounds. We don't relate to the same stuff.

What can I do. We have two lovely children.

dragoblack · Answer

Emotional intimacy a absolutely deepens physical intimacy. Pleasure is a chemical cocktail that the brain puts off to certain stimulation and it's tied to the emotional regulation part of the brain. When emotions get foreplay, it intensifies physical

Twalli · Answer

I think physical intimacy can strengthen a relationship, regardless of the current state of it. That's why I avoid having sex too early in a relationship. If you don't already have a strong foundation, then you're building it on sex which should only be used for strengthening a relationship, not for making it strong at the start.

Booboolove69 · Answer

I think emotional closeness deepens physical intimacy
The closer I feel to a person, like being able to laugh with each other no matter what… turns me on physically…
That’s just a small example

AydenHazor · Answer

I think physical intimacy cannot exist without emotional intimacy. Where emotional intimacy exists, physical intimacy deepens it. Where it doesn't exist there is only lust, not intimacy

Bricealan · Answer

@7phoenix7 My experience has been that physical intimacy deepens emotional intimacy.

Shiprex · Answer

I find the physical act to be the way in which emotional closeness builds. The sense of the other person being in a state of joy and pleasure as well as release in your hands is a wonderful validation experience.

Anonymous · Answer

Yes, but the reverse is also true. First comes trust and emotional intimacy, then comes physical intimacy, which deepens emotional intimacy, and hopefully trust. They all go hand in hand.

exitseven · Answer

I think that the emotions must already be there.

clampfan101 · Answer

They can strengthen each other, but physical intimacy is empty without emotional intimacy. Emotional is much more important.

Anonymous · Answer

can both be an answer? because i definitely feel like it's both

MemeSupreme · Answer

i don't think you can just create attraction with either of those like it has to be there already, but the both of them can strengthen the bond

WhiteSteve · Answer

Sort of both? But if I had to pick one, I’d say an emotional connection definitely deepens the physical connection

AnonAndrew · Answer

It's not one or the other. It goes both ways.

Stevepro68 · Answer

Personal experience I would agree it makes it as good as that new experience excitement every time.

bddddd · Answer

I think it is hard to become emotionally intimate without it. I have a couple of very intimate non-sexual friends, but that has building that has been 20 years.

fish5505_87 · Answer

Yin and the Yang. I think if you're connected emotionally it ceratinly hightins the physical part. However, a deep physical connection can open the doors to the soul.

DJB72 · Answer

It's a closed-loop system if you do relationship right with your spouse.

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NewestOdium · Answer

Both work together. To my mind because I love physical touch so much I see it as an affirmation of the emotional connection we have

ProbablyClueless · Answer

Eh... they seem to feed off of and into each other at the same time.

notCryHONEY · Answer

deing single is good, i am happy with it, but i think being married is much better

Shanom12309 · Answer

I can't be physically intimate with someone unless there is an emotional connection first. I tried and I'm just left feeling unsatisfied, regretful, and awkward.

Miah06 · Answer

Meh, gimmie food and sneaks and I'm satisfied

karate_renee · Answer

It’s kind of a circular cycle. I think emotional intimacy makes physical intimacy much better but physical intimacy can make you feel closer emotionally.

Staximus · Answer

I think they both strengthen each other unless somebody is just in it for the sex

Kelly6 · Answer

@7phoenix7 I would say its equal. 50/50

On_cloud_wine · Answer

Great question!

WhitneySnow · Answer

I think it works both ways

Dimitra9 · Answer

I think it’s emotional what makes the physical part better.

Professor-college · Answer

Yes i agree with you. If she's a wonderful woman then her physical Beauty becomes greater

Mrtcn01 · Answer

for men noo.. body is important.. wet hot vagina and shaped ass and big boobs.. that is it..

ABC1x1x · Answer

There is no intimacy outside of emotional intimacy.

katiesmuff · Answer

Yes I think it is true!

Cormac995 · Answer

It goes in both directions.

Valdemort · Answer

Emotional over physical for sure.

Nikki1989 · Answer

It works both ways.

MikeTheBartender · Answer

Both ways around.

Jay-_- · Answer

It can go either way.

LiamJHayden · Answer

It can work both ways.

Anonymous · Answer

Yes, I think it can, and vice versa.

Panthero · Answer

I think they play off one another.

yotaman99 · Answer

I use to think either way

jahaims · Answer

It can be both ways

RedInnocent69 · Answer

Absolutely

Anonymous · Answer

Yes.

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