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Scared of Being Loved — When You Let Someone Stay (Part 4)

20/08/202619/04/2026 by Kam Su Jin
Illustration of a woman glancing sideways at her partner while both read quietly, scared of being loved in her watchful distance.
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 emotional avoidance, relationship patterns, fear of being loved, intimacy anxiety, scared of being loved, letting someone in Leave a comment

Receiving Love Anxiety — What You Do With Kindness (Part 2)

20/08/202618/04/2026 by Kam Su Jin
Illustration of a woman raising both hands, smiling nervously as someone offers a gift, receiving love anxiety in her deflection.
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 deflection, emotional avoidance, fear of being loved, intimacy anxiety, being seen, receiving love anxiety Leave a comment

Fear of Being Loved — When It Doesn’t Feel Like Relief (Part 1)

20/08/202617/04/2026 by Kam Su Jin
Illustration of a woman holding a coffee cup, avoiding eye contact across the table, fear of being loved in her quiet distance.
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 intimacy anxiety, scared of being loved, receiving love, emotional avoidance, relationship patterns, fear of being loved Leave a comment

Pulling Away From Someone You Like — The Moment It Starts (Part 1)

19/08/202614/03/2026 by Kam Su Jin
Illustration of a woman at a café window, phone face-down, 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 pulling away, love and relationships, relationship anxiety, attachment patterns, emotional avoidance, fear of intimacy Leave a comment
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