Roads That Move Away from Intimacy
All of us yearn for close loving relationships, but when a deeper commitment is demanded, we often retreat from self-disclosure by developing negative patterns that avoid intimacy.
- aloofness (“I don’t care” attitude)
- anger
- apathy
- busyness
- defensiveness
- depression
- dishonesty
- distrust
- faultfinding
- frequent absence
- guilt
- restlessness
- sarcasm
- sending mixed messages
- substituting sex for intimacy
- workaholism
Intimacy: Learning the Language of Love.
June Hunt
www.shannonbattle.com