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When connection feels more dangerous than isolation

I keep starting fights with my partner whenever we get too close because intimacy terrifies me more than conflict.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The risk of being truly known can feel more threatening than the certainty of being misunderstood.

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“Where Are You with Risk-taking — philosophy and psychology?”

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