Intimate Psychotherapy: Difference between revisions

We all know that [[Intimate Healing|sex heals all physical wounds]]. But in fiction- most often in [[Hurt/Comfort Fic]]- sex also heals emotional wounds. Even PTSD, addiction, or depression over terminal illness fade instantly after our hero is in the loving embrace of their love interest. In [[Fanfic]] parlance, this is often called the 'healing cock' and mocked, as it is often [[Narm]].

 

 

See also [["Glad to Be Alive" Sex]], stress-relief through sex in the aftermath of life-threatening experiences.

 

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== Anime and Manga ==

* ''[[Legend of the Blue Wolves]]'' has a double example, as this "helps" {{spoiler|Jonathan}} to get over {{spoiler|being falsely accused of theft, then beaten and ''raped'' by the culprit}} while also helping {{spoiler|Leonard}} to deal with {{spoiler|the tragic death of his younger brother, several years ago (his feelings for Jonathan ''are'' partially driven by a [[Big Brother Complex]], as the guy looks a LOT like an older version of said brother)}}.

 

== Literature ==

* A somewhat more literal example appears in ''Broken Angels'', the second in Richard Morgan's [[Altered Carbon|hard sci-fi series]]. The protagonist, [[Heroic Sociopath|Takeshi Kovacs]], tracks down Tanya Wardani, the only archaeologist with the knowledge required for his mission - unfortunately, she's {{spoiler|been tortured far enough that she's withdrawn from reality}}. It's stated that normally, she would takes months, maybe years to recover from this - however, Takeshi doesn't have that long. So, he uses some of his [[Super Soldier|Envoy]] mental conditioning techniques to bring her back. It's described this way in the novel:

{{quote|Envoy co-option techniques make rather brutal use of the deep wells of psychosexual energy that drive humans at a genetic level. Properly mined, the matrix of animal strength on tap in those places will speed up psychic healing by whole orders of magnitude. You start with light hypnosis, move into quick-fix personality engagement and thence to close bodily contact that only misses definition as sexual foreplay on a technicality. A gentle, hypnotically induced orgasm usually secures the bonding process, but at the final stage with Wardani, something had made me pull back. The whole process was uncomfortably close to a sexual assault as it was.}}

 

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