Psychoanalyst John Bowlby developed the theory of attachment to help explain why infants became so distressed when separated from their parents.

The interesting thing about fear of intimacy is that those who suffer with it long to be close to people. However, something stops them from taking actions to increase connection.

Unsafe people haven’t done the work of dealing with their internal issues. They express their poor mental health in ways that can harm the people in relationship with them.

There once was a woman who found it hard to say no. If someone asked her to do something, she felt obligated to do it.

Like many of us, I grew up in a dysfunctional family. My mother suffered with a mental illness which made her unable to empathize or show compassion, even to her children.

If you were raised in a dysfunctional family home, you likely have trust issues. If you were consistently betrayed by the people closest to you, it makes sense you would protect yourself this way.