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		screye on May 4, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: On incels, dead bedrooms and the hard problems of ... >Lonely? Make strong friendships! Poor? Get rich? Self-fulfilling prophecies are futile. > romantic and sexual relationship is not a requirement for a happy life We have proof of various intelligent animals, domesticated and wild, that display signs of depression, loneliness and self-harm when separated from their bonded partner. If anything, the need for intimacy and romance are central to life as we know it.

BeFlatXIII on May 5, 2021 [–]

Do they display those distress behaviors before they have any bonded partner or do they only emerge in grief after the loss of the partner?

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