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When You Let Someone Stay (Part 4)

07/05/202619/04/2026 by Kam Su Jin
scared of being loved — minhwa style illustration of East Asian woman looking down at stone basins in Korean garden
This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series When Being Loved Feels Wrong

Scared of being loved? This is what actually happens when you don’t leave — in the body, in the dynamic, in the quiet accumulation of staying.

Categories Psychology Stories Tags relationship patterns, fear of being loved, intimacy anxiety, scared of being loved, letting someone in, emotional avoidance Leave a comment

The Part of You That Doesn’t Know What to Do With Kindness (Part 2)

07/05/202618/04/2026 by Kam Su Jin
receiving love anxiety — minhwa style illustration of woman standing on Korean garden path, facing hanok building
This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series When Being Loved Feels Wrong

Receiving love anxiety doesn’t look like rejection. It looks like a joke, a subject change, a quiet internal audit. This is the pattern underneath it.

Categories Psychology Stories Tags emotional avoidance, fear of being loved, intimacy anxiety, being seen, receiving love anxiety, deflection Leave a comment

When Someone Loves You and It Doesn’t Feel Like Relief (Part 1)

07/05/202617/04/2026 by Kam Su Jin
fear of being loved — minhwa style illustration of woman sitting across from someone, holding a cup and looking down
This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series When Being Loved Feels Wrong

Fear of being loved doesn’t look like loneliness. It looks like having exactly what you wanted — and not being able to settle into it.

Categories Psychology Stories Tags receiving love, emotional avoidance, relationship patterns, fear of being loved, intimacy anxiety, scared of being loved Leave a comment

The Moment You Started Pulling Back (Part 1)

17/06/202614/03/2026 by Kam Su Jin
Woman at café window with phone on table looking at rainy city — pulling away from someone you like
This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series When You Pull Back

You read the text. You know what you want to say. You put the phone face-down anyway. This is pulling away from someone you like.

Categories Psychology Stories Tags attachment patterns, emotional avoidance, fear of intimacy, pulling away, love and relationships, relationship anxiety Leave a comment
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