Intimacy After Trauma | Kat Smith | TEDxMountainViewCollege
Navigating romantic relationships has proven to be challenging. In our desire to make a true, heart felt connection we fail to build a solid foundation for our relationships,which is intimacy....
========== Translator: Gianna Carroni
Reviewer: Peter van de Ven Good evening. I am an intimalogist. That's not to be confused
with entomologist with an E because that's a bug expert. And even though I can
bug the hell out of some people - (Laughter) My version of intimacy, or intimalogy, is the study of intimacy
in its complexity. Because as an intimacy expert, I feel that intimacy
is the foundation for relationships. And it is made up of so many components. As you can see
in my lovely intimacy wheel, it's care, support, nurturing; it's respect, passion, and yes, sex. But I really feel
that you devalue intimacy when you try to transpose it to sex. Because sex lasts about,
on average, seven minutes - not including for and after play, okay. ...