Falling in love is terrifying and maddening, and it’s easy to just say “nope” and hide under your bed, especially if you’ve been hurt before. It’s OK to be afraid, and it’s OK to take ...

Courage is often defined not as the absence of fear — but the ability to confront fear head-on. It’s about facing uncertainty, danger, or adversity with strength and resolve, whether it’s in ...

When you've been hurt in past relationships or dumped, you can become scared of love. But with this dating advice, it's clear that your fears can hold you back and prevent you from true happiness.

I am afraid that the mixture of the good and the bad discredits my chances at the happiness that love brings. In all my growing up, when it comes to love, I am still that 7-year-old witnessing the ...

Once you free yourself from fear, you attract lasting love. We both struggled with fears of abandonment and being smothered before we met each other (over 30 years ago), and these fears still ...

(5) Fear of loss: Some people are more afraid of loss than they are interested in gains. Loss is so horrible to them that they would rather not pursue any love for fear of losing again or ever.

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Skip to content Skip to site index. ... Once she confided that she was scared he would forget her.