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Out of Touch: How to Survive an Intimacy Famine

Michelle Drouin

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Description:Millions of people around the world are not getting the physical, emotional, and intellectual intimacy they crave. Through the wonders of modern technology, we are connecting with more people more often than ever before, but are these connections what we long for? Pandemic isolation has made us even more alone. In Out of Touch, Professor of Psychology Michelle Drouin investigates what she calls our intimacy famine, exploring love, belongingness, and fulfillment and considering why relationships carried out on technological platforms may leave us starving for physical connection. Drouin puts it this way: when most of our interactions are through social media, we are taking tiny hits of dopamine rather than the huge shots of oxytocin that an intimate in-person relationship would provide.Drouin explains that intimacy is not just sex--although of course sex is an important part of intimacy. But how important? Drouin reports on surveys that millennials (perhaps distracted by constant Tinder-swiping) have less sex than previous generations. She discusses pandemic puppies, professional cuddlers, the importance of touch, desire discrepancy in marriage, and the value of friendships. Online dating, she suggests, might give users too many options, and the internet facilitates infidelity-related behaviors. Some technological advances will help us develop and maintain intimate relationships--our phones, for example, can be bridges to emotional support. Some, on the other hand, might leave us out of touch. Drouin explores both of these possibilities.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Out of Touch: How to Survive an Intimacy Famine. To get started finding Out of Touch: How to Survive an Intimacy Famine, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Millions of people around the world are not getting the physical, emotional, and intellectual intimacy they crave. Through the wonders of modern technology, we are connecting with more people more often than ever before, but are these connections what we long for? Pandemic isolation has made us even more alone. In Out of Touch, Professor of Psychology Michelle Drouin investigates what she calls our intimacy famine, exploring love, belongingness, and fulfillment and considering why relationships carried out on technological platforms may leave us starving for physical connection. Drouin puts it this way: when most of our interactions are through social media, we are taking tiny hits of dopamine rather than the huge shots of oxytocin that an intimate in-person relationship would provide.Drouin explains that intimacy is not just sex--although of course sex is an important part of intimacy. But how important? Drouin reports on surveys that millennials (perhaps distracted by constant Tinder-swiping) have less sex than previous generations. She discusses pandemic puppies, professional cuddlers, the importance of touch, desire discrepancy in marriage, and the value of friendships. Online dating, she suggests, might give users too many options, and the internet facilitates infidelity-related behaviors. Some technological advances will help us develop and maintain intimate relationships--our phones, for example, can be bridges to emotional support. Some, on the other hand, might leave us out of touch. Drouin explores both of these possibilities.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Out of Touch: How to Survive an Intimacy Famine. To get started finding Out of Touch: How to Survive an Intimacy Famine, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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