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Is My Fantasy Ruining My Love Life?

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

Is My Fantasy Ruining My Love Life?

October 26, 202654:02
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After years of struggling to stay present during sex, one caller wonders if her fantasies are keeping her from the intimacy she longs for. The more she depends on fantasies of domination and humiliation, the more she questions what they mean about her and her relationships. Esther helps her explore the difference between fantasy and flight, and how sexual patterns can become a language for deeper emotional needs. What happens when the fantasy is not the problem, but the place we go when it…