What a break from sex can teach you

一段性生活的中断能教会你什么

Life Kit

2025-06-30

22 分钟
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Sex, and the pursuit of it, can feel amazing. But sometimes, cravings for sex lead to unhealthy obsessions, poor choices or a loss of identity. If you're struggling to see a way out of old dating patterns or if you want to pour more into yourself, Melissa Febos, author of The Dry Season, suggests taking a break. In this episode, Febos and others share the benefits they've gotten from temporary periods of celibacy and why you might want to try one too. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • Hey, it's Mariel.

  • Today on the show, we are talking about sex.

  • It's a part of life, and this is Life Kit, after all.

  • Now sex can be amazing, obviously.

  • It can also be intoxicating.

  • Not just the act itself, but the pursuit of it and everything that comes before it.

  • The courtship part, the seduction part,

  • the feeling that's generated in you, knowing that you're desired.

  • All sorts of delicious chemicals flood our brains throughout this process.

  • Like once those little chemicals get released,

  • suddenly I'm making different choices because I want to feel more of that.

  • I want to keep the party going inside of me.

  • This is Melissa Fibos, author of The Dry Season,

  • a memoir of pleasure in a year without sex.

  • So this craving for sex and seduction It can sometimes lead us to a reckoning point,