Philophobia is the fear of falling in love. Here are the causes, symptoms, and effective ways to overcome fear of intimacy ...

Wanting love and fearing closeness can exist at the same time, and that contradiction is exactly what makes intimacy issues ...

Intimacy involves a high degree of vulnerability and any time that we are challenged to drop our defenses we are likely to feel some degree of apprehension in regard to concerns about how others may ...

Despite having studied in a women’s college, known for pioneering South Asian feminist theory, my internal battles with intimacy continued. It came easily to my friends, those who had been dating ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Some of us are driven by desperation in love. For others, the ...

Micro-breakups happen when emotional intimacy forms without clear commitment, leaving people grieving relationships that were never officially defined.

Four examples—literary, biographical, autobiographical and contemporary—illustrate the significance of intimacy as a cultural ideal and why, despite our deep longing for it, intimacy remains elusive ...

Research shows that your past can deeply influence how you approach commitment in the present. Here’s why marriage is an intimidating prospect for some, more so than others. Marriage is easily one of ...

Ever since one of my Golden Bear Orientation, or GBO, leaders, a senior at the time, began dating one of the members of my group shortly after the end of orientation, I’ve found myself wondering, ...