5 Signs You are Afraid of Intimacy
4. You have low self esteem and confidence
Sometimes, when people are not confident about themselves, and are constantly unsure of whether their partner loves them or not, they don’t get intimate. This usually happens when you are either not confident about your physical appearance, or have had bad breakups in the past where someone left because they thought you were not worth being with. With such a harsh past, it is a little difficult to move on, and the fear of being intimate with a new person is natural.
5. You feel stuck
There are times when you are not prepared to have a relationship in your life, but have committed to a person at a stage when you genuinely have no space for anything else except your career. In times likes these, you are stuck! You are afraid to get intimate, because the more you do, the more your partner will expect from you, time-wise and commitment-wise. In other words, you are afraid to get intimate at such a busy stage, but may not mind intimacy and involvement sometime later in life.
The good thing is that this fear of intimacy is easy to deal with, when we have the support of our loved ones around us. In worst-case scenarios, couples may even seek professional help.
