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Fear of Intimacy — Why Getting Close Feels Like a Threat (Part 2)

19/08/202615/03/2026 by Kam Su Jin

Illustration of a woman reading a message with hand on chest by a warm window, the pause before crossing into something that feels like fear of intimacy.

This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series When You Pull Back

Fear of intimacy shows up when things go right, not wrong. Why closeness itself starts to feel like danger — and what your body already knows before you do.