My belief is that life is about pleasure. One of the great pleasures is eating and drinking, which I do a lot of. But one of the other great pleasures is looking in the mirror and loving the way you look and feel. I’m so sick of having to constantly pick between which of these pleasures I want more. I wish I could have both...
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SailorFrank said:
This time I disagree with NZ, I know it's rare but it does happen.
Actually, you don't really! I thought I was being obvious that I was fucking around with her last night, but I guess I was too tired to apply to appropriate sarcasm.
The main thrust of hedonism as I understand it is in that wiki entry, maximizing pleasure while minimizing pain, which with a tweak or two can also be called social choice theory, and is pretty much the strongest theory I know of to describe human behavior.
I'm not focusing my application of hedonism on the sexual aspect. At least it's not my intention... I imparted a great deal of power to the emotions of a new relationship and how I want my partners to be able to feel that without guilt negating it and causing resentment.
Compersion isn't about just sexual pleasure it's about pleasure and happiness in general.
On getting a libido back... well... sometimes you can get turned on by an idea more than a physical sensation or visual observance... perhaps you should start exploring yourself and find out what dark hidden things might turn you on.