Sex can act as a buffer to emotions, a powerful distraction from other areas of life that are causing emotional pain. I am glad the earthquake helped you to turn things around for you and your son.

I included a link below to one of my articles that you may find interesting.

https://edynathan.medium.com/sex-and-grief-5-indicators-when-sex-is-used-to-cope-with-grief-ccc3c78448b9