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How to Love Yourself: The Step-by-Step Guide

Noam LightstoneThe Avoider Mentality, Fear of Intimacy, and Avoidant Personality Disorder (AvPD) 2 Comments

I think you and I can both agree that learning how to love yourself is HARD: It seems like everyone ELSE has it figured out. Everyone ELSE is smiling, laughing, and building amazing lives. And it makes you feel like you’re falling behind. How do you learn how to love yourself when you don’t know how? Maybe you’re like me, …

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The Avoider Mentality and the Fear of Intimacy

Noam LightstoneThe Avoider Mentality, Fear of Intimacy, and Avoidant Personality Disorder (AvPD) 175 Comments

The insecurity and unknown burrows into your brain like a parasite, constantly clawing at you and never relenting. You hate the feelings of the unknown that cause the tightness in your chest, that choke your throat. You try to speak to them but it never comes out right, it never comes out as the way that you think it should …