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Do You Rely On Sex For Validation?

The fine line between pleasure and a need to be loved

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Joe Gibson
Dec 02, 2021
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In my quest for removing all the bad habits I have in my life, sex is the one that always seems to slip through the cracks. I mean, it’s great, right? It’s why many of us do it, but what happens when our relationship to it goes awry?

In the gay community, sex is everywhere. In fact, the mere premise of some of the …

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