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When independence masks fear of intimacy

I'm 33 and I've never been in a serious relationship and I tell myself I'm independent but I'm actually just terrified of being vulnerable with another person.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Protective isolation disguised as self-reliance prevents the very connections that could heal underlying wounds.

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