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I can relate to this post very much...
I think physical contact is so important to our well being. I know if I go even a few days without a good amount of physical contact with my husband I feel some sort of disconnect. And, the moment we touch again it sort of brings it all back together..
posted by
RachelAnna
on July 21, 2005 at 7:41 AM
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Hacker
well, then there is naught to do but hang in there until she shows up...
posted by
FactorFiction
on July 21, 2005 at 6:49 AM
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not me Hemlocker
I am tetched ummm touched...ummm well maybe I am tetched in the head too.
posted by
FactorFiction
on July 21, 2005 at 6:48 AM
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factor
So blackcat and ariala don't want to be touched except for romance or sex? I hope, if true and not just tongue in cheek, that you don't allow yourself to be that way. Hemlocker
posted by
Hemlocker
on July 20, 2005 at 4:19 PM
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Factor
I have two big doggies, but that just doesn't work the same. There's something about people. I wish I understood more =(
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on July 20, 2005 at 4:14 PM
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Ariala
See, I need a girl who doesn't mind being touched =P If I could just touch her every day, life would be beautiful
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on July 20, 2005 at 4:13 PM
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blackcat
It bothered my girlfriend because I had always been very honest with her about those little things that make me a little strange. When you combine all of those little things together, I guess I’m a little “scary”. She described me in that letter as having two distinct sides (as we all have), a light and a dark. She said, “I always tried to stay in the light, but could never see through the dark”. I’m not ashamed of who I am, but I do recognize it’s not what most people are used to.
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on July 20, 2005 at 4:10 PM
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Hemlocker
I really avoid describing this trait of mine to friends, in that it usually unsettles them. I had one friend who was ok with it, but the majority of them thought it was some ploy to get in their pants, no matter how many times I said otherwise. Others were just weirded out by it. And I do mostly keep to myself these days; the desire to go out and do things with friends has been steadily dying in me for a while now.
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on July 20, 2005 at 4:01 PM
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Hang in there buddy...
do you have any pets? We just have fish here (goldfish. Fluffy and Shaggy) but it seems like you could do with adopting something cuddly and in need of love. Try the shelter?
Take care of yourself 
posted by
FactorFiction
on July 20, 2005 at 3:57 PM
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Ari... isn't that the only reason to be touched? LOL
I mean skin to skin.... lol
posted by
-blackcat
on July 20, 2005 at 3:57 PM
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You sound like my husband...it just means you're a Kinesthetic person.
I'm quite the opposite. I don't like to be touched unless it has to do with romance or sex. LOL
posted by
Ariala
on July 20, 2005 at 3:46 PM
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Hacker...
I can see how you can't just go around touching people... lol... but why did it bother your girlfriend?
posted by
-blackcat
on July 20, 2005 at 3:44 PM
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hacker
I appreciate MayB's comments and agree to an extent; but if it's not about sex, and just the contact of human touch you crave, and you have friends and family and are not completely isolated, why is it such a problem? I am not trying to put you on the spot. I really do not understand, at least from what was said in your post. Hemlocker
posted by
Hemlocker
on July 20, 2005 at 3:35 PM
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It will happen. Try not to focus on it or others too much. Let things be.
Reach out through words and in other ways and you never know what will happen
posted by
Azur
on July 20, 2005 at 1:58 PM
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MayB
Thank you =). It's both a blessing and a curse though. It's nice because at least I know why I feel the way I do, but at the same time I crave it and even resent people who feel someone else every day.
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on July 20, 2005 at 1:49 PM
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I like the honesty in this post. You are in touch with your feelings at least which is more than most
posted by
Azur
on July 20, 2005 at 1:46 PM
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Temple
We both certainly could do with one right about now. Very very very much so.
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on July 20, 2005 at 1:45 PM
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Mia
It's nice to think about anyhow =) Thank you
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on July 20, 2005 at 1:45 PM
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mmm-w
The desire to feel someone else’s skin, for me, is very, very strong. After months of not touching anyone, just seeing a person makes me want to just reach out and brush their hand. Of course, I can’t do that because I’d probably be arrested for harassment. It can be very frustrating at times.
posted by
Unidentified_Hacker
on July 20, 2005 at 1:44 PM
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I know where you are coming from, not to this degree...
But human touch is healing for all of us. Not in just a sexual way, but in an intimate, personal way. This was beautifully written, sorry I can't give you a hug....we both could use one. xo
posted by
Temple
on July 20, 2005 at 1:03 PM
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Uni,
I hug and kiss (on the cheek) all my guy friends.
So here's a virtual x & o....not as good as the real thing I know.
posted by
MiaElla
on July 20, 2005 at 12:33 PM
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it's probably not the most tactful way to respond to your post but i think its beautiful..... the need for touch.... reading your post totally took my breath away... I can see how that could center you... i can't even imagine how it must feel to deed to feel someone's skin. the way you wrote it was so intense...
posted by
mmm-w
on July 20, 2005 at 11:42 AM
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