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When past wounds make present love feel dangerous

My girlfriend wants to move in together but every relationship I have ever committed to has ended badly and I do not know if I am being careful or cowardly.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Experience teaches us to protect ourselves in ways that make receiving what we want impossible, creating the very rejection we fear.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Commitment — what it means and what it costs?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.