Is it possible for sex to be just the physical act with no emotional connection? In my opinion, yes it can, but it’s the type of thing that is based on your own personality.
For many people sex and emotion go hand in hand, and you can’t have one without the other. The act of sex for the majority of people can begin innocent enough, but soon enough can bring an intense connection to their partner, which then builds into an emotional connection. This is completely normal. But there are some individuals with a personality that enables them to separate the two, allowing them to have continued sexual relations with someone without creating an emotional connection.
These individuals can easily disconnect themselves, and be able to have sex without creating the emotional connection that often comes with it. It takes a mentally strong person to become successful in this, and even then its not 100%.
Are these types of people hard or emotionally disconnected? Not at all, it can often be the opposite. Individuals who are able to emotionally detach themselves from sex can often be some of the most giving and loving people you’ve ever met. They have just gained the ability over time to be able to shut off that mental aspect of their brain before, during and after sexual actions that for the average person would kick in and begin to ‘feel something. Of course long exposure with the same partner may begin to wear down even the most savy of personality.
It is these types of people who can often have a very successful ‘friends with benefits’ relationship, as they are able to understand that sex is sex, and friendship is friendship, and not to mix the two.
Do you think you can train yourself to be able to choose who you emotionally connect with and who you detach yourself from?
