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experience
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I wish I knew.
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Fear
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Being Jaded from previous "loves"
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Their knowledge is their power.
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Remembering what happened the times I did.
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Pain......
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Nothing, I embrace love
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Self doubt. Memories of heartbreak. Inability to be socially comfortable.
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Nothing at all. My heart is completely open.
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Uh..you know...just the fact that it would probably kill me:)
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still trying to get over my loss but it's getting better with each passing day.
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my parents
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Fear of it getting trampled on.
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Fear of blood loss.
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My řibs and the řisk of death ☺
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Getting hurt. And trust me I usually do whether I open my heart fully or not. I seem to have a problem with people turning on me.
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If I open it more my chest would erupt :-)
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Probably because of the fear of rejection... which will cause too much pain!!
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Having it crushed recently. I'm still trying to find the pieces, and when it's back together, maybe I'll be able to open it fully...for now, it's a lost cause.
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Insecurities....excuses. It is a way of doing bad and having an excuse to do it. For Example: "I've been hurt before...that's why I'm scared to give myself to anyone :( ". Boo Hoo. Get over it and learn how to be honest. : ) Happy Friday!
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Insecurities....excuses. It is a way of doing bad and having an excuse to do it. For Example: "I've been hurt before...that's why I'm scared to give myself to anyone :( ". Boo Hoo. Get over it and learn how to be honest. : ) Happy Friday!
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trust
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Social norms and the fact that everyone out there is more than capable of being an asshole.
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Fear of getting hurt, rejection.
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I would say fear. I'm scared to do so.
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my fear of getting hurt again.
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Too many ouchies from the past.
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Fear of it being broken again. But right now, the mends are doing quite well!
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I will never give myself as completely as I have in the past to another man because it was either taken for granted or just not wanted. I dont want to endure another heartbreak.
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no one really wants to see it at present
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Fear- of being hurt again, Fear of intimacy, Fear of commitment. Fear of picking the wrong guy again. Fear of losing my independance. A lot of Fears!
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Nothing!
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chloresterol
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Im still afraid of getting hurt...but I deeply love my bf! once we get engaged, i will open up completely!
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Three inches of skin and fat and a dull knife. Maybe I should just splurge and pay for a real surgeon. I have a lousy health plan at work, can you tell?
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i blame fat people
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For me, I think its attachment/trust issues
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the fear of getting hurt, nothing lasts forever so the more you open up to someone the more it hurts when they leave.
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Fear that I will seem desperate and the guy will run. Why do guys do that? You'd think they'd want to hear that their girl is crazy about them. *shrug*
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two things: one is fear of rejection, and two i dont think i could handle the pressure of a relationship, but i may try to start my first in a little while
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The fact that i can't get over my ex because of what he did to me.
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Fear of being vulnerable to pain and hurt. Never being able to live it down.
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The fear of bleeding to death.... okay, okay.... the fact that the last person I really did that for hurt me insurmountably
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not a thing... been in a polyamourous realtionship... life is good if too dam full.....
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Nothing. I have freely expressed my love. :)
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the lack of a chest retractor!!!
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Repeatedly having it crushed. I take friendships and love interests extremely serious. When it isn't returned properly, I tend to suffer beyond what may be considered normal. It's a slippery slope and I'm just not willing to venture into that territory often.
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The pain.
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past heart-aches
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fear of losing a friend
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I'm afraid of getting hurt again.
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Nothing really. It's an open book!
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well when someone you really love breaks your heart it gets a lot harder to open you heart up each time.
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fear that if i open up again it will get crushed again and i dont want to rebuild it anymore. it was painful enough the first time. a broken heart is the worst pain ive ever felt, yet its so hard to describe.
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trust... brings everything in line... thats what i hold back...
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The countless times I have been heart broken. I feel like a used rag. They just use me and when they are done I get tossed aside. It is the whole it's me not you. Thats why I don't open my heart more fully.
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A poor battered heart that took wayyyyy to long to heal and still carries the scars....
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The fact that he cheated on me.
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if you give your heart when your young like i did you never fully get it back, i met my first love at 16 had 3 kids by 21 he left us... and that is what keeps u from opening your heart because every man u see will remind u of the pain.and mabey it is not kids but cheating feels the same.men suck thats how i feel.
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Fear of rejection.
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Fear of ruining the friendship. :(
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Fear, I'm afraid that if I say what I feel/think he'll ignore me and not care about it. Other then that it's pretty much open.
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I open my heart more and more each day. I am in love and extremely happy. It scares me actually. Its so euphoric that it scares me and I think thats what holds me back when i do. I dont want to be scared because i know that eventually my fear could become the cause of my ultimate demise in love. I work at it everyday :) and i will win. i believe it
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I can't open it until I put it back together. But...I am :)...just slowly.
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getting rejected because she likes my best friend.
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Being hurt in previous relationships can cause some people to fear love. It's actually sad that they close themselves up like that. Some people take a really long time to heal after being hurt. They will go to great lengths not to fall in love. Anything from hopping from partner to partner, to keeping things casual, refusing to talk about their feelings and so on. Unfortunately, you cannot help falling in love as hard as you may try to fight it, if it's meant to be it's meant to be. Eventually even closed people will fall in love. It's the whole reason that we are here. To love and be loved!
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Past relationships.
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hmm... hard question, my answer would be pain and hurt in the past relationships brings fear to ur new ones of the same thing happening eg your afraid to open up
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Trust, fear of the unknown, and past devastating experience. I will open up to the right person though and I will do it without doubt, when I'm ready.
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Just myself... I'm a pretty open person but it tends to make people shy away a little, as I a m also very direct.
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Rejection & fear.
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I was in a long term relationship that just emotionally drained me. So now I feel like I have nothing left to give to a future companion.
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i didnt hold back, but if your refering to yourself from holding back. don't. let it all out. its amazing. honestly.. what do you have to lose? if they dont love you back then its not worth pushing. true love is when you both love each other.
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well i have had my heart broke so many times and in so many different ays that it is reallly keeping me from getting close to anyone as well as opening my heart to anyone my heart has armor on it and i dont think it will ever come off, i want to love and i want to be loved but im scared to chance it and get hurt again
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All the crap that's been pulled on me in the past. :)
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Experience, protection.
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My heart is very precious to me and in order for me to open my heart more fully I have to be able to trust the person with my heart. Trust is hard to come by since I have been hurt so many times before. I want to open my heart when the timing is right.
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my ribcage
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The fear of being rejected because of who I am and what I like.
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THE GLUE ISNT DRY YET. PLUS I THINK I LOST SUM PEACES.
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All the bad stuff that happened the last time I opened my heart.
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If I am not sure whether he also love me :)
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Being branded as needy/clingy!
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there are situations like you're in love with someone that is committed. That you rather choose not to tell how you feel than a ruin a marriage of that certain person. Sometimes there are words that's better left unsaid..
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I don't have one, Jay.
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Fear of ridicule or of making myself look foolish.
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It's been worn on my sleeve for so long, it's probably a bit too much 'out there' and open already.
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I am out of duct tape..can't do that without having duct tape on hand for those emergency repairs..:)
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Getting hurt :(
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trust
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Fear of being hurt again and getting taken advantage of, but I'm working on it... I recently started a relationship with a wonderful caring sensitive man. I didn't know they existed!!
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THE POWER THEY WILL HAVE OVER ME
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For me at the moment its my past relationship. My boyfriend is constantly emotional with me and sometimes its nice but sometimes its too much but i just find it difficult as in speaking how i feel.I realy like my boyfriend but its hard to tell him hw i feel. I fnk its cus i dnt wana be hurt agen.. give it time..
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fear. im scared that the person will not feel the same and will be scared off by me :(
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The fear of if i did, the same thing would happen over and over 2 me, id get hurt worse and worse each time i do open my heart, im tired of feeling the worse pain in the world.
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The rejections I have had previously. I can't seem to get over that wall.
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I am an open book right now in my relationship. I tell him how I "feel" constantly. I feel vulnerable, scared, fear of rejection, abandonment, him cheating or finding someone else. But I do it anyway..... Sucks, but it's a work in progress.
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Being Married.
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Myself, Im Afraid of Being Myself, That is what ultimately pulls me back
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