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Carrots
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If you have an intimate time with someone and something traumatizing happens. Could be unwanted intimacy such as rape or molestation. Could be something as simple as an intimate moment with someone who puts you down or makes fun of you during or after.
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Someone who doesnt treat you right before or after
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One's ego defense mechanisms coming into play. The apprehension or fear of being disappointed and/or hurt, often to excess. Many times, too, the person who is unwilling to enter intimacy is "hiding" something. Becoming "intimate" calls for revealing oneself, even to the extent of exposing his/her deepest held secrets about himself or herself. Many do not wish to do that...or even risk it. +5
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the fear of it ending later on, which usually happends when people grow apart.
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Broken...........no, shattered............no, mutilated trust. +++5
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Getting totally screwed over by a former mate.
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Repeated negative past experiences dealing with intimacy. If all you have ever experienced is negativity, pain, awkwardness, or any other less than pleasing emotion when trying to engage in intimacy, then you eventually come to expect that from ALL future encounters.
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Fear of : . rejection failure inadequacy infidelity deception betrayal
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Probably a fear of rejection!!:(
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I think that the idea of giving a part of your heart to another person to do as they please is terrifying. If the other person abuses it or damages it, the repairs can be extremely costly or impossible. I feel that trust must be earned over time, and giving intimacy to another requires an amount of trust that is unable to be given easily without trepidation.
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I think for men, it's a matter of performance anxiety. This is especially true if the woman is more experienced than they are.
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abuse of intimacy
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