4 Signs You Fear Romantic Intimacy
Self-Sabotage, Distractions, and A Poor View of Self
I always thought I was ready for a relationship.
I reasoned that I was just choosing the wrong people.
Surely, if I could just find someone who wants to be with me then the rest would be history.
Or so I thought.
When I became more aware of my tendancy to choose unavailable people I became more intentional. I thought I’d solved the riddle, and began getting the romantic attention I wanted. People seemed to want to be around me, and then want to be around me more, and so it went.
I walked gladly into this environment — because my overt desire told me this is what I needed — but was then hit by brick that stopped me in my tracks and said, “Hold on, you’re not going any further here”.
This was confusing for me, and for some time I felt broken. Why was I being pulled away from the very thing I thought I wanted? Why was I desiring something I then couldn’t hold?
And therein I realised I had an underlying fear of intimacy.
Something I hadn’t even thought of before.
In today’s article I want to outline some of the signs that you may fear intimacy. Without knowing what a fear of…
