What Happens When Intimacy is Absent in Relationships

Men and women are made for each other to provide peace, contentment, emotional safety, resilience, and satisfaction. This concept is widespread in the teachings of every religion, whether Christian, Muslim, Hindu, or others.

Do you know intimacy is not the sole thing that men and women need in their relationships? But it is one of the most crucial elements required for a relationship to stay long-lasting.

Intimacy has two types:

1. Emotional intimacy

2. Physical intimacy

Many women and men are confused between the two.

Remember, both hold a lion's share in the relationship.

So, when intimacy is absent in a relationship your emotional well-being, personal satisfaction and overall mental well-being will get disturbed.

What happens when Intimacy is missing in relationships?

The following consequences will be in your fate if you're unlucky in a relationship.

1: Low self-esteem and lack of inspiration

I always heard that motivation is not what we get from the outside, it is always from the inner world.

But I wonder, why I need emotional support then?

Why I am looking forward to my partner appreciating my looks, my qualities, and my achievements?

So dear fellas,

We are social creatures, we depend on a support system and we feel the connections.

Consequence: A long-term lack of intimacy, and sexless marriage make you feel insecure, and skeptical towards your partner.

2: High Risk of infidelity

When we are in relationships, infidelity is all around us. Why because, we get too familiar with our spouse's qualities and disqualifies, and the spike is absent, then we start cheating in our relationship.

Lacking physical intimacy fuels the fire.

Experts' insights on consequences:

When emotional and physical needs are unmet, then both partners build relationships outside ultimately augmenting the risks of cheating and infidelity.

3: Sexual dissatisfaction and decline in libido power

Online divorce ( a research platform) published that approximately 15.6% of married couples reported not having sex from the last 1 year in their relationship.

Also, a Harvard research study reveals that 20% of wives and 24% of husbands experience loneliness in their marriages.

4: Spike in the conflicts

The absence of physical and emotional intimacy leads to more conflicts and confrontations between partners.

One partner starts avoiding the other and then the risk of emotional distress, infidelity, and loneliness gets the spike.

5: Resentment starts between couples

We as a human have anger issues, and have wrath on others, but do you really observe the feeling of resentment between a couple?

Resentment is an insidious feeling in which one partner starts hating with anger toward another partner.

Ultimately it is considered a last nail in the coffin and a death sentence for your relationship.

6: Escape becomes the only solution

When there is zero communication between the partner, lack of affection, and fighting always going on between the spouses then you will see signs of diminished intimacy.

So the major consequence you will observe excessive pornography use, shopping, cheating on your spouse, hanging out with other girls, and boys, and compulsive eating.

7: children are at a greater risk and Parenting issues

If you are married and have 1 child and also missing physical and emotional intimacy then your parenting style is at a greater risk to explode.

You are playing with fire!

Your children will not forgive you!

Because you ruined their emotional well-being by creating chaos at home.

Your home is not sweet anymore!

The wrap:

The consequences, when there is an absence of intimacy between spouses, and partners, are unavoidable.

You must learn “ how to bring emotional and physical intimacy back into your marriage life”

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