I do too, sometimes I hate that I feel I need those things. But it's balanced really, not only do I crave that attention and validation, but I also want to give it and take care of someone also. Hopefully you will find a healthy relationship with that soon. Stay strong
deeper human connection is what we generally crave, and for men that is generally translated into sex. But in reality is the feeling of being desired, being attractive to someone,
Of course, I'd feel disgusted if I had sex with someone I didn't even like just for the sake of basic sex
There are the porn addicted like many of us here and there are the real sex addicts, which will have sex with anyone just for the sake of sex. It's super dangerous because it's very easy to contract an STD when relating to promiscuous people.
I think you need to separate the generations. But I think you might be right. Validation is very important today. Many people got raised being exposed online where validation is the key to success. How do you handle this after many years of reaffirming behavior? it's hard to change.
