Cuddle Party

[ysabetwordsmith]

Everyone needs contact comfort sometimes.  Not everyone has ample opportunities for this in facetime.  So here is a chance for a cuddle party in cyberspace.  Virtual cuddling can help people feel better.

We have a cuddle room that comes with fort cushions, fort frames, sheets for draping, and a weighted blanket.  It has a basket of grooming brushes, hairbrushes, and styling combs.  A bin holds textured pillows. There is a big basket of craft supplies along with art markers, coloring pages, and blank paper.  The kitchen has a popcorn machine. Labels are available to mark dietary needs, recipe ingredients, and level of spiciness. Here is the bathroom, open to everyone.  There is a lawn tent and an outdoor hot tub. Bathers should post a sign for nude or clothed activity.  Come snuggle up!

Comments

Re: Does virtual touch make you feel better?

[redsixwing]

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.