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When choosing independence might be avoiding intimacy

I have been single by choice for five years and I am genuinely happy but sometimes I worry that I am using my independence as an excuse to avoid the vulnerability that real partnership requires.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The line between healthy autonomy and fear-based isolation can be difficult to discern, especially when both feel like freedom.

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