Emotional intimacy is one of the most wonderful experiences we ever have had. Nothing else really comes close to the experience of sharing our deepest thoughts and feelings with another, being deeply seen and known, and sharing love, passion, laughter, joy, and creativity. The experience of intimacy fills our souls and takes away our loneliness. And I think it is all we need sometimes to comfort ourselves and to be better. Despite it being the best feeling we’re still afraid. In my opinion, It is not actually the intimacy itself that people fear. If people could be guaranteed that intimacy would continue to be a positive experience, they would have no fear of it. What they fear is the possibility of getting hurt as a result of being intimate with another. People have different fears that may cause them to avoid intimacy: the fear of rejection, the fear of losing the other person, the fear of engulfment, the fear of being invaded, and the fear of being controlled and losing oneself. B
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