: During arousal, the vagina can lengthen by up to 200%.
If you recognize yourself or your partner in this article, know that the romantic storyline is not over. You are currently in the "dark night of the soul" act. The resolution depends on whether the coom partner chooses the hard work of rewiring their brain, and whether the non-coom partner chooses to enforce their worth.
: Frequent sex (at least twice a week) is correlated with a longer life span and lower risk of heart disease.
Modern romantic storylines, especially in bingeable media, have compressed time. Characters fall in love in 90 minutes. Coom relationships suffer because they cannot survive the "slow burn" of real attachment. There is no fast-forward button for trust.
To restore romantic storylines, individuals must engage in a form of narrative detox : delaying gratification, practicing mentalizing (e.g., reading literary fiction), and embracing the discomfort of real-world courtship. Without this, the only stories left will be those of isolation—and isolation makes for a very short, very bleak plot.
: During arousal, the vagina can lengthen by up to 200%.
If you recognize yourself or your partner in this article, know that the romantic storyline is not over. You are currently in the "dark night of the soul" act. The resolution depends on whether the coom partner chooses the hard work of rewiring their brain, and whether the non-coom partner chooses to enforce their worth.
: Frequent sex (at least twice a week) is correlated with a longer life span and lower risk of heart disease.
Modern romantic storylines, especially in bingeable media, have compressed time. Characters fall in love in 90 minutes. Coom relationships suffer because they cannot survive the "slow burn" of real attachment. There is no fast-forward button for trust.
To restore romantic storylines, individuals must engage in a form of narrative detox : delaying gratification, practicing mentalizing (e.g., reading literary fiction), and embracing the discomfort of real-world courtship. Without this, the only stories left will be those of isolation—and isolation makes for a very short, very bleak plot.