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Ep. 127 What happened to American childhood? with Kate Julian and Greg Lukianoff

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The Sex Recession and Teenage Anxiety

Anxiety is a big libido killer, right? So that's straightforward. But I think that what you're saying is 100% spot on. Romantic, physical, other types of intimacy involve spontaneity, messiness, awkwardness, embarrassment,. All kinds of things that people who have issues with anxiety are likely to struggle with. Play really is fundamentally, evolutionarily, one of these things that prepares us for interpersonal relationships.

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