Fear of Falling in Love💋💜
Who isn’t on some level fearful or resistant to, not just falling in love, but also living in love? Many of us, but how many will openly admit it? Here I am, experiencing the fear of happiness, the fear of love, the fear of intimacy. With that fear we defend ourselves, self-protect, and self-sabotage when it comes to love or the possibility of anything good! Liking someone is easy. It's controllable. It doesn't hurt you. You don't have to force it back like a tablespoon of “tussin”. It's delicate, but in the best way. Letting ourselves fall in love means taking a real risk. We must place ourselves in a great amount of trust in another person, allowing them to affect us, which makes us feel unprotected and defenseless. Our core defenses are tested. We tend to believe that the more we care, the more we can get hurt. We’re afraid to put ourselves out there and be vulnerable with our emotions. Love is...