don’t take it personally; people with commitment issues tend to have a tough time connecting with other aspects of their life, such as friends, family, work and even their living environment. men and women with commitment issues tend to have a deep fear of intimacy, and their feelings are borne of a learned negative opinion of love and relationships. they tend to compartmentalize their lives so that the romantic and personal and professional hardly ever overlap – if you’re excluded …

if this has happened to you, trusting again is something you may not be ready for. when someone you love or are connected to betrays you, the healing process is a deep one and can take some time. people with a commitment phobia do want a long-term connection with another person, but their overwhelming anxiety prevents them from staying in any relationship for too long. people with a commitment phobia want a long-term connection with another person, but their overwhelming …

in the blog “why you keep winding up in the same relationship,” i discussed how and why we form defenses that make it difficult to get close. conversely, when we interrupt this tendency to build a case, we can focus on ourselves and act in ways that truly represent who we are and how we feel. we can draw them out and really listen to what the experience was like for our partner. we can do this by knowing ourselves …

we hear more and more about women who are in love with men with commitment issues. there are more signs of commitment phobia that we will highlight later in this article, but if you answered “yes” to one or more of these questions, it is likely that you are dating a man with commitment issues. men with commitment issues want to feel close to their partner at the beginning, so they may tell you very early on that they love …

here are 30 ways to be the best girlfriend to your boyfriend and enjoy a stronger, happier, and lasting relationship with him. if you don’t want him to do the same, be that girlfriend who won’t give him any reason to break his trust. your boyfriend also needs to know and feel that his efforts are being appreciated. one of the best things you can do as a girlfriend is to listen to him to know what he wants so …