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Men and Intimacy: Is It Really a Fear of Intimacy?
Author: Richard Nicastro, Ph.D.
What is a fear of intimacy?
The term “fear of intimacy” is often used to describe someone who has difficulty creating a close connection with their spouse/partner. Typically, the phrase highlights a person’s struggle to become physically and/or emotionally close, and we often describe this struggle as a fear.
But often there are certain differences between men and women that are misinterpreted as a fear of intimacy.
Men and Intimacy: Is it really a fear of intimacy?
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