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When fear of loss prevents deep connection

I am afraid to love anyone deeply because losing them would destroy me and I know loss is inevitable.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The certainty of separation through death creates a protective withdrawal from the very relationships that give life meaning.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Heidegger's being-toward-death?”

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