Fear of Intimacy
by Suzanne Kellner-Zinck
Why Would One Be Fearful of Intimacy?
Over the past eleven years that I have been in practice, I have found that there are a few
different ways that clients show themselves being fearful of intimacy. I am not speaking
of the guy who is afraid to commit to being married. I am also not speaking of a woman
who is unwilling to be bedded down by any man who asks. I also am not speaking of
people who would prefer not to be touched by others. What I am speaking of are those
people who are truly unable to allow another human into their lives on an intimate basis,
personal basis by being transparent and real. Instead, these people put up all sorts of
walls of defense feeling safer without the emotional closeness.
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