That Time I Went to a Cuddle Party and Learned I Was Deprived of Intimacy and Affection
9 min readOct 24, 2023
It took complete strangers to make me realize I was starved for connection
Once upon a time — 2008–2018 to be exact — I was down and out. I was depressed and lonely. Iyanla Vanzant has said that to be lonely is to be shut down from the thing you want. I felt shut down and apart from everything I deeply desired —…
