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When self-development becomes a way to avoid intimacy

I have been single for four years working on myself but I am starting to wonder if I am using personal growth to avoid the messiness of relationship.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Extended periods of individual work can become a sophisticated form of avoiding the growth that only happens through intimate relating.

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