Sometimes it doesn't feel like much choice. When people don't show an interest in you. If you put your heart out there and it gets ignored, where does that leave you? Being male and retired has it's challenges. I could just PMO every day, and who would care? So that just leaves me to care. Somedays I am dancing, some days I just lay on my bed and stare out the window.
Yes, and if we, in general are not good at caring for ourselves then that leaves the social mish mash, which tends to lend itself to less than authentic conformity that might be a compromise on all sides.
Where we need to have some type of self respect or spiritual belief. Anything that works for you. To make a connection with reality. Because alienation can lead to self degradation. Such as porn, alcohol or other drugs.
