“What do you mean by dark and horrible?” I asked her. “Fantasizing about somebody that I find attractive or somebody that I’ve been in intimate situations with before, and just recalling those feelings of being with them. Or imagining somebody touching me or saying things to me that I want to hear that make me excited. It’s complicated,” Katie summed it up. “I think masturbation is a comfort thing. The pleasure, the happy endorphins. It’s a way for me—if I’m feeling super tired or super insecure—you get the good feelings and you feel better or relaxed, or whatever.” “It’s a form of self-care,”
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