Fear of Intimacy

Crying Saved My Life

Erin Joy Henry | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Fear, Spiritual Growth, Self-Acceptance, Crying, Strength, Fear of Intimacy, Vulnerability, Intimacy, Happiness, Becoming-Fearless, Women News

Crying was for the weak girls who couldn't be alone and needed boys to carry their bags for them. Crying was for the girls who sat out from P.E. because they had their periods and were too scared to participate in the game of life. Or so I thought.

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Why You're Still Thinking About Sex With Your Ex

Sheryl Paul | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Cold Feet, Soul Mate, Sheryl Paul, The One, Fear of Marriage, Engagement Anxiety, Conscious Weddings, Marriage, Fear of Intimacy, After the Wedding, Weddings News

From the beginning, her heart and mind and body were still attached (addicted to) the jerk. Equating sex with love, she was completely convinced that she would never feel in love with her husband.

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5 Strategies For Dealing With A Partner's Fear Of Intimacy

Lisa Firestone | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Marriage, Divorce, Relationships, Fear of Intimacy, Break Ups, Relationship Advice, Love, Intimacy, Advice on Relationship, Relationships Advice, Conscious Relationships, Love Advice, Love Relationship Advice, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News

As a therapist, I often hear couples complain that whenever one partner tries to get close, the other pulls away. It's a painful reality that love isn't always as easy to give and receive as we'd like to think.

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How Your Need For Love Can Ruin Your Marriage

Sheryl Paul | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Real Love Is What You Give, Fear of Marriage, Engagement Anxiety, Fear of Intimacy, Real Love, Road Less Traveled, Fear of Loss, Recipes for a Perfect Marriage, Weddings News

We may have waged a war on drugs but we havent even begun to dismantle the rampant addiction to love that seeps into every crack of mainstream culture.

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The Biggest Wedding Day Myth

Sheryl Paul | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Bridezilla, Fear of Intimacy, Marriage Reality, Engagement Anxiety, Conscious Weddings, Marriage Fear, Weddings News

But there is one belief that is talked about even less than the others: that at the wedding day, the relationship itself is supposed to be at its height of ease, love, and workability.

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The #1 Thing That Can Sabotage Your Engagement

Sheryl Paul | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Fear of Intimacy, Relationship Anxiety, Fear of Commitment, Sheryl Paul, Fear of Marriage, Engagement Anxiety, Conscious Weddings, Gratitude, Weddings News

Until I learned how to challenge fear's arguments, I was a helpless pawn under its rule, a victim in a dark forest. It was, in short, misery.

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Top 10 WORST Reasons To Break Off Your Engagement

Sheryl Paul | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Anxious Thoughts, Fear of Intimacy, Fear of Marriage, Engagement Anxiety, Conscious Weddings, Intrusive Thoughts, Weddings News

Fear's entire mission in life is to keep you safe from the risk of loving. It sees love as a dangerous cesspool where the invisible sea creatures lurk beneath the dark surface, waiting to snatch you into their murky waters.

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You're Engaged. So Why Are You Obsessed With Your Ex?

Sheryl Paul | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Fear of Intimacy, Fear of Commitment, The Ex, Fear of Marriage, Engagement Anxiety, Marriage Anxiety, Proposal Anxiety, Weddings News

My clients are always surprised, then relieved, to learn that thinking about an ex is a normal part of being engaged.

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Is "Sexting" Cheating You Out of Real Intimacy?

Lisa Firestone | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Sexting, Social Media, Pat Love, Relationships, Internet, Marriage, Fear of Intimacy, Twitter, Technology, Love, Facebook, Lisa Firestone, Intimacy, Women News

There is a good, sound argument for how technology can bring two people together. Countless couples have now met, married, forged unions, and had chil...

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Sex and the Psychological City

Elisabeth Joy LaMotte, LICSW | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Fear of Intimacy, Friendship, Relationship Advice, Commitment, Relationships, Sex, Dating, Sex and the City, Entertainment News

I recently began re-watching season one of Sex and the City and was struck by how much the dating world has changed.

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Healing Your Fear Of Emotional Intimacy

Margaret Paul, Ph.D. | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Relationship Help, Love Advice, Fear of Intimacy, Relationship Advice, Love and Relationships, Emotional Intimacy, Fear of Emotional Intimacy, Relationships Intimacy, Healthy Living News

We all desire that deeply fulfilling experience of emotional intimacy, yet many people have two fears in the way of intimacy. Here's what these fears are and how to heal them.

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What Every New Census Report Shows: More Americans Are Single. But Why?

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Cohabitation, Divorce, Fear of Intimacy, Married With Children, Living Single, Unmarried Households, 1-Person Households, Age at First Marriage, Married Couple Households, Marriage, Singlism, Same-Sex Couples, Singles-Bashing, Rise of Singles, Rates of Marriage, Unmarried Couples, Census Bureau, Healthy Living News

How do the stories in the media explain the increase in the number of single people and decrease in the number of married Americans? One explanation did not seem to occur to anyone.

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New York Times Reporter Thinks Single Women Fear Intimacy; I'm Afraid He's Wrong

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Friendship, Attachment, Romantic Relationships, Singlism, Relationships, Methodological Problems, Fear of Intimacy, Mate Poaching, New York Times, Media, Single Women, Tierneylab, Healthy Living News

New York Times reporter John Tierney recently described a study that supposedly showed that "single women are particularly drawn to other people's partners." But his interpretation is not supported by relevant data.

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When Good Marriages Go Bland: How the Dangers of Monogamous Desire Create the Need for Boredom

Stephen Ducat | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Fear of Intimacy, Marraige, Infidelity, Lust, Boredom in Relationships, Love, Romance, Relationships, Healthy Living News

The only alternative is to come to terms with the dangers and uncertainties that accompany enduring and erotically charged romantic love, to summon the bravery to remain thrilled by someone we love.

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