Commitment phobia masks a deeper conflict: genuine desire for closeness alongside unresolved fear of the vulnerability, loss of control, or identity dissolution that intimacy seems to demand, often rooted in earlier experiences where closeness meant risk. Naming the specific fear beneath the avoidance—rather than labeling someone as afraid of commitment in general—opens the possibility of actually addressing what's real.
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