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Elodes@ElodesNL• about 4 years ago

I went to a five-day sex-positive intimacy retreat last week, AMA

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 4 years ago
Replying to @ElodesNL

@ElodesNL did they put you in a small group that met each day thru the week for emotional processing amid the intensity?

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Elodes@ElodesNL• about 4 years ago
Replying to @RichDecibels

@RichDecibels they didn't. that's a lovely idea, actually; I wish they had.

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 4 years ago
Replying to @ElodesNL

@ElodesNL in my experience it makes the event much safer for guests and also easier for the hosts because it works like an early detection system for distress

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Elodes@ElodesNL• over 3 years ago
Replying to @RichDecibels

@RichDecibels hah! I can see you've got experience with this stuff ;-)

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 4 years ago
Replying to @ElodesNL

@ElodesNL do you think some people had a bad time?

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Elodes@ElodesNL• about 4 years ago
Replying to @RichDecibels

@RichDecibels I think so, yes. with events like this, the question is never "are there people having a bad time" but "how many people are having a bad time and how can we support them?" and I think the staff did a good job here. but yes, quite a few people found themselves overwhelmed.

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 4 years ago
Replying to @ElodesNL

@ElodesNL do you know what your version of overwhelmed would look like? how it might get triggered? how you would recover?

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Elodes@ElodesNL• about 4 years ago
Replying to @RichDecibels

@RichDecibels Yup. See here: https://t.co/QlDPWI9C0J

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Elodes@ElodesNL• about 4 years ago

@humbledmadness yes, quite a few actually. some confronting things were: 1) I didn't feel very connected with or even interested in the people there 2) I felt incredibly unaroused throughout most of the event, even with girls walking around naked and during the group masturbation sessions etc.

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Elodes@ElodesNL• about 4 years ago
Replying to @ElodesNL

thread of challenges I faced during this retreat and how I dealt with them: https://t.co/CDapAUMVog

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Elodes@ElodesNL• about 4 years ago

@humbledmadness yes, quite a few actually. some confronting things were: 1) I didn't feel very connected with or even interested in the people there 2) I felt incredibly unaroused throughout most of the event, even with girls walking around naked and during the group masturbation sessions etc.

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