> Also, I don’t think you mean “intimacy.” Do you mean “empathy?” The words that follow support it being "intimacy". That is what intimacy is — being close eno

> Also, I don’t think you mean “intimacy.” Do you mean “empathy?” The words that follow support it being "intimacy". That is what intimacy is — being close enough to someone that you can be open without a feeling of being left exposed. How would empathy fit?