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Why commitment can feel terrifying even in healthy relationships

I want to propose to my girlfriend but I keep imagining all the ways marriage could go wrong even though our relationship is solid and we both want this.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The mind's catalog of possible failures obscures the heart's simple readiness to love.

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