Relationships
Attraction
- Image from The Big Draw 2009
An SCI doesn’t mean that a close bond between two people cannot continue to be loving and intimate whatever the level of SCI.
It is natural for a couple to feel anxious about the emotional and physical changes to their relationship because of the injury.
However, in a secure and loving relationship, the feelings that two people have for each other are not based purely on physical attraction, but also on personality, shared experiences, feelings of self-worth generated by each other, self-esteem and mutual trust and affection.
Wanting to show love for that person can be expressed by touching, caressing and kissing and doesn’t always have to include sexual intercourse.