Sentences with phrase «as fear of intimacy»

Though many don't realize it, the after effects of sexual abuse are deep and painful, and worldviews of abuse are often distorted and adopted by victims, such as fear of intimacy, unhealthy views toward sex, and even hatred of one's own body.

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The claim of Christian belief is not first and foremost that it offers the only accurate system of thought, as against all other competitors; it is that, by standing in the place of Christ, it is possible to live in such intimacy with God that no fear or failure can ever break God's commitment to us, and to live in such a degree of mutual gift and understanding that no human conflict or division need bring us to uncontrollable violence and mutual damage.

Here Heineman serves as his own cameraman, and the intimacy he developed with the subjects enabled him to capture the wrenching nature of the situation, to be there when they admit «a state of fear has started to spread among us.»

Revealing Racial Purity Ideology: Fear of Black — White Intimacy as Framework for Understanding School Discipline in Post-Brown Schools.

Clinical psychologist Spring, writing with her husband, draws on 20 years of experience treating distressed couples as she explains how both the unfaithful partner and the betrayed one can confront their doubts and fears about recommitting, constructively communicate pain and anger, restore trust, renew sexual intimacy and forgive.

Michaela works with difficulties such as sex avoidance, which may be a lack of libido, or fear of intimacy — and sexual dysfunction, which may be a developmental block from puberty, or a lack of experience in performing.

I do individual and group work with men dealing with an intimacy disorder which can result in sexual addiction behaviors (porn, compulsive masturbation, affairs, prostitutes etc) as a way to avoid relational pain — fear of being hurt by anyone who knows them; this includes fear of relational vulnerability, fear of being known, fear of being rejected and fear of being abandoned.

Sexual anorexia is manifested as a result of trauma and is seen when one may demonstrate behaviors related to fear of intimacy or an underlying social phobia.

«You may bristle at the idea of planning or scripting this process,» explains Brittle, «but when life gets busy, and you're not as free to be spontaneous as you once were, having an agreement and an understanding of how you'll engage in intimacy can diminish the fear of rejection or the confusion about whether one partner is «in the mood.»

A recent study found that men who sext frequently have more avoidant attachment styles than other men, meaning that they are not as likely to enter intimate relationships because of fear or mistrust in others.4 His premature sexting might be a cue that he was not interested or capable of intimacy.

Expression of primary emotions, such as sadness, shame and fear of abandonment, are encouraged in order to increase intimacy and affiliation in a couple and reestablish attachment bonds.

These individuals are proposed to have had overly critical or harsh rejecting caregiving (they have a negative view of self and others) and as adults are more likely to demonstrate approach - avoidance behavior interpersonally stemming from a fear of intimacy (22).

This book follows one couples struggle... to overcome fears and have quality intimacy... as told through the eyes of their psychologist.

As callouses grow and become more solidified, future relationships become more difficult and intimacy grows faint for the fear of perpetual hurt.

Dating someone with a fear of intimacy can make you feel as though you're in a state of constant rejection.

These layers, also known as a «false self» were erected long ago to avoid painful issues such as abandonment, rejection, fear of intimacy, boundary violations and other forms of suffering.

They show a fear of intimacy and a lack of acceptance of the partner as well as distrust of others.