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>> how are you doing, keith? >> doing really well. amazing to feel all the different textures and temperatures and contours. would you please describe what it feels like to you? >> it all felt amazing. there were moments where your hand was on my cheek and i just kind of wanted to sink in, you know. but most i was just really experiencing the touch and it felt so good. >> i needed to hear from emiko that my touch felt pleasurable to her. i was afraid that my touch would feel to my partner the way my parents' touch felt to me. >> it felt good to be touched, but for you really it was knowing tha...

>> thank you very much. >> everybody can have it. i know that they can. i know they can. it's just, i guess, being willing and wanting to be vulnerable. >> for justin, touching and being touched, being naked and being intimate is about much more than just sex. how did this experience change your life? >> i can look in the mirror now and not hate my body. before i did that with emiko i thought right when i found a girlfriend, i would marry them and that would be it. now i feel like someone is going to be out there for me, and i don't need to settle. there's still time to where i don't -- there'...

Perfectly normal and natural? touch and the desire to feel connected with others is part of what makes us human. >> so at some point would you like to spoon a bit? >> i would, yes, very much. >> let's get really super, super, super, super, supercomfortable. >> for keith, it's been a long, slow journey, but in his work with emiko, he's made great strides. >> deep breaths. ah. >> at 60 years old, it's taken his entire adult life, but keith has finally experienced the joy of touch. >> all my life it's felt dirty. i was afraid of admitting that i was a sexual and sensual being. now it feels just l...

Able to joy the touch and the pleasure, the warmth of your palms on my cheeks was especially pleasurable. >> that's great. >> will you touch my hair? >> yes. >> this is kind of a strange question, keith, but when you're with emiko, do you feel like a child in some ways? >> the nurturing that i didn't get is being fulfilled. i'm getting what i missed. >> do you actually feel yourself being healed? >> oh, my gosh, yes. i'm so much more than i was four months ago. i'm so much more out in the open. the world feels safer because of my work with her. >> may i put my cheek against your cheek? >> yes,...

>> for justin, touching and being touched, being naked and being intimate is about much more than just sex. how did this experience change your life? >> i can look in the mirror now and not hate my body. before i did that with emiko i thought right when i found a girlfriend, i would marry them and that would be it. now i feel like someone is going to be out there for me, and i don't need to settle. there is still times when i don't think i'm dateable. but they don't last very long. >> justin has been actively dating online. >> i do coffee and bagel, i use okcupid and occasionally tinder.