Tag: fear
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Fear of Commitment in Marriage/Partnership and Moving toward Emotional Intimacy
Resolving the fear of commitment begins by better understanding what we are committing to. Sometimes we commit to or avoid committing to assumptions and expectations that we are not completely aware of within ourselves or with another. As we locate these subconscious assumptions and expectations, we can begin to free ourselves from them. Our over-controlling…
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Fear of Abandonment
Everyone has some degree of fear of abandonment, some more, some less. It comes from our instinct for attachment. We need each other. It starts at birth, when we are one hundred percent dependent on another for physical and emotional survival. This attachment becomes the foundation for growth.  Gradually, from this dependence, a…
