I derive enjoyment and comfort from just reading *hugs* or the like. If I stop and focus on it, try to imagine what it'd actually feel like, I can ramp it up. (But then I'm good at swapping sensory modes in imagination.) The same applies to some writing not directed at me - some of your comfort scenes work the same way. Turq's thread is particularly good for that, because I can identify strongly with some of his feelings. Some fanfic is good for this too, but when people accidentally (or not) write in things that sound uncomfortable or painful, but are intended to feel good, it can snap me right out of the scene, so I have to be picky. That hasn't happened here, at all.

The more detail the better, as far as I'm concerned. *hugs* is good! But tell me where the hands are, where the weight is, what the breath is doing, and you're substantially more likely to end up with a melted Six.

I definitely use these threads to seek comfort and to give it, in ways I can't locally. I have a committed relationship. I also have a /ridiculous/ touch drive, and there's some quirks - like the rotating cast I write in here - that are difficult to manage in face-space. So, I look forward to these quite a bit.