2 Things I Remember When Facing My Fear of Intimacy

Intimacy Isn’t Overcome Through Avoidance

Intimacy Isn’t Overcome Through Avoidance

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Fears of intimacy are often born from forms of childhood trauma. In experiences where our authentic self is made to feel like expressing itself will risk danger. These “true” parts of us are then walled up, guarded by a more “rejection-proof” false self. This false self is often bu…