Signs You're Afraid of Intimacy

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Комментарии • 2,6 тыс.

  • @1CTProj3ct5
    @1CTProj3ct5 6 лет назад +10657

    Anna - paying for therapy, so we don't have to 😂

    • @lumossk3657
      @lumossk3657 5 лет назад +89

      this is depressingly true

    • @SO-fj8xz
      @SO-fj8xz 5 лет назад +21

      our jesus

    • @CB-ie8gb
      @CB-ie8gb 5 лет назад +67

      it's like that one person that always pays netflix

    • @YumixNightmare
      @YumixNightmare 5 лет назад +3

      bless

    • @lumossk3657
      @lumossk3657 5 лет назад +7

      @Gytis Stankevičius The depressing part is that I can't afford those and have to put up with video's on RUclips

  • @yayarivera949
    @yayarivera949 5 лет назад +8910

    “Stop sabotaging your love life” I sabotage my entire life

    • @alexiscollins8967
      @alexiscollins8967 5 лет назад +14

      Same

    • @Puppy_Puppington
      @Puppy_Puppington 5 лет назад +3

      Ikr

    • @edyo6190
      @edyo6190 5 лет назад +9

      Same, ha
      Haha
      Hahaha
      I love everyone else, though. Have a nice day, bye!

    • @mog7607
      @mog7607 5 лет назад +39

      this is me but even when people try and be friends and then in my head im like wHY do U WANT TO haNG oUt WiTH mE??

    • @marmarino2070
      @marmarino2070 5 лет назад +2

      Jep sounds like me. What a club.

  • @chrisjfox8715
    @chrisjfox8715 6 лет назад +13279

    The kinda girl that likes a guy until she finds out that he likes her too.

    • @welovemusic8542
      @welovemusic8542 5 лет назад +328

      😂😂😂😂 AHAHAHA I LOVE THIS....I HOPE MY CRUSH DOESN'T SEE THIS CAUSE IF HE DOES "HIS" SELF WORTH IS GOING DOWN LOL

    • @grapevjne446
      @grapevjne446 5 лет назад +109

      Mylife.

    • @manailadaiana2717
      @manailadaiana2717 5 лет назад +62

      Me... I'm here 🙃

    • @maivyn1009
      @maivyn1009 5 лет назад +51

      🤔 I think your a lithromantic

    • @Isow261
      @Isow261 5 лет назад +93

      Can’t relate. No one likes me

  • @gamania122
    @gamania122 4 года назад +4677

    You are in love with the idea of being in love, not love.

  • @thedifferent14
    @thedifferent14 5 лет назад +2779

    I'm so afraid of dating, I actually panic whenever someone expresses interest in me.

    • @lostconnections6265
      @lostconnections6265 4 года назад +63

      this is me, I don’t really know what’s wronggg

    • @boredshrimp9425
      @boredshrimp9425 4 года назад +59

      @Clinton Reisig this comment is so funny idk why 😂😭💀 I hope you find the one bro

    • @LockandLaugh
      @LockandLaugh 4 года назад +23

      @Clinton Reisig I love me a fat booty tho

    • @unoriginal1086
      @unoriginal1086 4 года назад +174

      @Clinton Reisig yeah I see why you're single. women wont date you if you objectify them.

    • @hannajarvis9639
      @hannajarvis9639 4 года назад +41

      thedifferent14 happening to me right now, i feel like he likes me but i’m too scared to actually be in a relationship that i’m scared to tell him

  • @anonymousmeraki4904
    @anonymousmeraki4904 6 лет назад +6593

    anna is the therapist, life coach, and dating coach i can't afford.

    • @saionjisan
      @saionjisan 6 лет назад +82

      Plus the long distance friend we all need :D

    • @user-ub6sx9zc3m
      @user-ub6sx9zc3m 6 лет назад +28

      Right? I didn't even know I needed this, but it speaks to my soul

    • @FerSpada
      @FerSpada 6 лет назад +1

      Anna is very weird, soo........ Get a real one .......pleeeeeeease

    • @infectedcontactlensyes.5172
      @infectedcontactlensyes.5172 6 лет назад

      Agreed!

    • @ziweiyuan
      @ziweiyuan 5 лет назад +1

      With a side order of thirst trap.

  • @sghost128
    @sghost128 6 лет назад +4107

    “If I’m not suffering I must not be in love.”
    I’m glad we are on the same page.

  • @zaptolite2719
    @zaptolite2719 6 лет назад +5018

    You made me self aware of how i can sometimes be weirded out by love so thank you

    • @TheDutchharpist
      @TheDutchharpist 6 лет назад +3

      of course, Anna is talking about her own case and problems, while yours might be totally different. Might be a good thing to look into :)
      But thanks Anna for making me feel less weird again. I can tick a few boxes there, and also as a serial monogamist I never considered myself to be afraid of real human connection, but I learned last year that I do. I'm doing better now, and you will too!

    • @angiew1232
      @angiew1232 6 лет назад

      same

    • @NYCPrivateParty
      @NYCPrivateParty 5 лет назад

      Your reply was honest and courageous. Thank you for sharing it with everyone.

    • @JonathanPaspula
      @JonathanPaspula 5 лет назад +2

      @@pixie_laluna I think it's the same for me. I'm not necessarily AFRAID of intimacy, but I don't want it right now. I want to advance my life and become someone with financial independence, an advancing career, more maturity, etc. I'm also pretty young (17) and so I'm living underneath my parents roof still. I'm not so afraid as I am just knowing it's not the right time

    • @leventeberry5050
      @leventeberry5050 5 лет назад

      Jonathan Paspula I just only wish I had as much insight as you do at your age. I use too but as I got older I ignored life as a whole. Just never loose focus of your goal. I’m 25 and just now figuring this all out!

  • @me9072
    @me9072 5 лет назад +5264

    “The Buddhists say if you meet somebody and your heart pounds, your hands shake, your knees go weak, that’s not the one. When you meet your ‘soul mate’ you’ll feel calm. No anxiety, no agitation.”

    • @KK-wx1fw
      @KK-wx1fw 4 года назад +342

      Unless you have an anxious attachment style

    • @badwolf3080
      @badwolf3080 4 года назад +62

      I have...both, kinda.

    • @scottandrewhutchins
      @scottandrewhutchins 4 года назад +29

      Then I guess my crush might be the one, even though we're not dating.

    • @later5117
      @later5117 4 года назад +21

      I did find one like that but I'm pretty sure I screwed up my shot lol

    • @smooth_Koala
      @smooth_Koala 4 года назад +35

      This gives me a whole new perspective

  • @baekhyunschopsticks6763
    @baekhyunschopsticks6763 5 лет назад +4851

    1:26
    Anna: “this stems from...”
    Me: Childhood Trauma!
    Anna: “Lack of self-worth!”
    🙃

    • @n.fer.2596
      @n.fer.2596 5 лет назад +231

      Baekhyun’s Chopsticks I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING

    • @maritomoko4915
      @maritomoko4915 5 лет назад +17

      @@n.fer.2596 Me too

    • @michaelzzaki
      @michaelzzaki 5 лет назад +66

      Definitely both!

    • @GAmerJUM
      @GAmerJUM 5 лет назад +9

      Ye had the exact same thang xD

    • @naninuna7440
      @naninuna7440 5 лет назад +1

      Jfc trueeee

  • @lalaumaaa
    @lalaumaaa 6 лет назад +4282

    i always feel uncomfortable when someone compliments me as if i don't deserve it but yeah this is it this is why

    • @nienkeachternaam2938
      @nienkeachternaam2938 6 лет назад +7

      Same!

    • @Queef_Storm
      @Queef_Storm 6 лет назад +6

      me too

    • @Fandomswillxcollide
      @Fandomswillxcollide 5 лет назад +133

      lalauma lmao I don’t know how to respond. Cause I don’t agree with them 😂
      “You look pretty.”
      “Oh look, a tree.”

    • @Niki91-HR
      @Niki91-HR 5 лет назад +60

      I have the same problem.
      Well if friends tell me something nice it is not that bad...but it is also different.... but when strangers give a compliment ( it doesnt even matter if it is a girl or a guy) it feels very strange....but especially when guys tell it. Idk ...I always feel like they are lying....

    • @lovis1188
      @lovis1188 5 лет назад +8

      i dont know if its a girl think to get compliments, but i cant remember getting a compliment by anyone im not related to.
      (I did have a relationship once, but that was when i was 14 and she was my childhood friend.

  • @LordBloodraven
    @LordBloodraven 6 лет назад +2247

    My sister's first good boyfriend was a classmate named Elliot and he was *perfect.* My parents saw it. Her friends saw it. I saw it (and as a younger brother, I should have been to sabotage him).
    When she broke up with him, he didn't get mad or clingy. He said "I hope you fall in love with someone who sees you for the incredible woman you are."
    I base my relationship decisions on this question: "What would Elliot think if I did this?"

    • @primecreator5257
      @primecreator5257 6 лет назад +358

      DarkLight523 that dude will go far in life. You too.
      Not sure about your sister tho.

    • @athirahauji9235
      @athirahauji9235 6 лет назад +73

      That dude is perfect. I still remember my ex being kinda clingy in a way? He was like 'Plz tell me why I don't deserve u and vice versa??'
      I clearly told him I didn't want anything to do with him after.

    • @Norma-Zita
      @Norma-Zita 6 лет назад +206

      Is Elliot single ?👀

    • @AzazelHash281
      @AzazelHash281 6 лет назад +111

      Elliot sounds like dat boi where is he at I want to befriend him

    • @laramenke
      @laramenke 6 лет назад +45

      That's really sweet

  • @willbyers_clizzy
    @willbyers_clizzy 4 года назад +727

    "feeling bored when the other person does everything right" I feel very attacked

  • @clashsmchitcle7291
    @clashsmchitcle7291 5 лет назад +2338

    I like someone and once they like me back i dont like them anymore

  • @ladysnake8449
    @ladysnake8449 4 года назад +382

    The smartest choice to ever make when it comes to relationships, have a friendship FIRST!

    • @blastorange2460
      @blastorange2460 4 года назад +19

      @Lady snake84 that is how you get put in the friend zone.

    • @gingermaniac5484
      @gingermaniac5484 3 года назад +45

      Not necessarily, the friendzone is fake in the sense that the rules state that if you where not friends or if you tried earlier they’d be into you when that just isn’t the case. If they would like you in that way they already would.
      Both people need to be interested to have a relationship my dude

    • @UnicornrU
      @UnicornrU 3 года назад +10

      Doesn't work for everyone. Personally if I don't sleep with a girl soon enough, I slowly start to see her more and more as a sister and eventually lose my sexual desire for her.

  • @a.alexander9221
    @a.alexander9221 6 лет назад +1465

    In the past couple of months, I realized that I have never told a guy “ I like you”. I’ve liked guys, but I’ve actually never said the words. Don’t know if that’s a fear of intimacy or rejection. In the future, I hope to actually tell a guy that as long as I really mean it

    • @renatamarques8610
      @renatamarques8610 6 лет назад +52

      same. i always thought it was fear of rejection, but didn't know i also had fear of being intimate with someone else. good to know, i guess...

    • @puteribalqis1925
      @puteribalqis1925 6 лет назад

      Same

    • @LazuritiumStargrave
      @LazuritiumStargrave 6 лет назад

      Good luck!

    • @olgar4157
      @olgar4157 6 лет назад +27

      Same thing, but with me it's definitely fear of rejection. No idea where it came from, but it's kinda there.

    • @a.alexander9221
      @a.alexander9221 6 лет назад

      Ethereal Dinamo Thank you!

  • @andrewmerrill3697
    @andrewmerrill3697 6 лет назад +2017

    HER STORY DOES NOT ONLY APPLY TO WOMEN. HER STORIES HELP US GUYS TOO!

    • @Greg3070
      @Greg3070 5 лет назад +101

      I think people don't understand that many men can hide this feeling. I know I can, everyone thinks I'm normal and just haven't "found" the right one. They have no idea I have terrible anxiety at the prospect of begining a relationship. Boys have some terrible childhoods too.

    • @starcherry6814
      @starcherry6814 5 лет назад +35

      You damn right. I was dating a guy that I now realise was afraid of intimacy.
      He absolutely broke my heart, I kept asking him what I did wrong and he only said he didn't know.
      Beware the people that afraid of intimacy, they will break your heart

    • @Greg3070
      @Greg3070 5 лет назад +26

      @@starcherry6814 unless you find one who wants to work through it. But if you insult him for it or otherwise react like the one who hurt him early in life (usually Mama) he will flee like an abused cat at an open door.

    • @tobiaspowell4516
      @tobiaspowell4516 5 лет назад +6

      Thats why you date for years then youre engaged for years. Not only to confirm loyalty but for these intamacy things. Old fashioned works.

    • @q.4975
      @q.4975 4 года назад +2

      Gregory Peterson this right here i feel you man i only got like 2/3 girlfriends from online dating i AM terified of girls i font know why

  • @ianmortensen1844
    @ianmortensen1844 6 лет назад +1498

    I'm afraid of intimacy because I'm 23 and have never had a relationship, and I feel like I'm the only clueless one when everybody else at least kinda knows what they're doing.

    • @moltenkitty7157
      @moltenkitty7157 6 лет назад +122

      I feel you

    • @zaboomafooba
      @zaboomafooba 6 лет назад +91

      right there with you! also clueless and 23

    • @Palangkikay
      @Palangkikay 6 лет назад +116

      We should make a club

    • @ianmortensen1844
      @ianmortensen1844 6 лет назад +65

      @@Palangkikay We should probably make our own dating site.

    • @pareek8957
      @pareek8957 6 лет назад +25

      @Bekah L. so true! I've been dating since I was 16 (I'm 25 now) and I honestly still have no idea what I'm doing!! Time to focus on family, friends and hobbies! :DDD

  • @bima3037
    @bima3037 5 лет назад +1432

    this person text me goodmornings and say nice things to me, admitted that he was flirting with me, and i was like 'hold on, okay, but this is too much...'
    i think im afraid of intimacy too

    • @ClassicAlberto
      @ClassicAlberto 5 лет назад +42

      For all the girls in her situation:
      You are all healthy women, you are attracted to men that dont care about you because that is a sign of high status in males (Since means abundance in female options to mate), evolution puts "the challange" that if you can change his attitude you will be rewarded with an upgrade in your social status and multiply your chances of survival, both of you and your offspring.
      Men know this and play along because we are designed to have as much sex with different women as we can (Again, this is a sign of a healthy male)
      That is why you dont feel attracted to a male that makes "everything right", since that is a sign that you (female) are not upgrading your social status.
      In more simple words, "bad guys" are the real price in evolution, you like them because you have everything right in your instinct, unfortunatelly for you, nature and evolution couldnt care less about your happiness or your long term mental health, and that is why antidepressants are becoming a trend in women, if a man treats you well you cant be aroused, you could settle down with him, but always feeling like he is inferior to you, or you could remain single and eventually your fertility will go away and with it your chances of getting a high status male.
      In the past, your grandma knew this and it was her duty to force you to not make this "mistake" (Is not really a mistake since is nature), and the way they did it is by arranging marriages and not letting women "sleep around". In our times, thanks to the sexual revolution we are all free and left alone with nature/instincts.
      This trait of human nature has been explained in all cultures, even in modern times in popular shows such as Seinfeld
      ruclips.net/video/0UXR8444n8c/видео.html

    • @whydoimevenhere
      @whydoimevenhere 5 лет назад +1

      Haha

    • @hannahrheenaduldulao3912
      @hannahrheenaduldulao3912 4 года назад +13

      Omg same! I get shock and confuse when i get "goodmorning" texts so I back away and dont reply

    • @miaperez7455
      @miaperez7455 4 года назад +28

      I literally just friend-zoned a guy who liked me and I liked him because he was being sweet all the time and I thought it was too much and weird.😂

    • @kobirdie5939
      @kobirdie5939 3 года назад +1

      @@ClassicAlberto interesting.... and do you know this applies to asexuality? Or the LGBTQ community in general? Perhaps even same sex couples? 😯🤔

  • @loquaciousvi4138
    @loquaciousvi4138 6 лет назад +452

    this is where I struggle - I used to think there needed to be a spark on the first date, then I tried "well, maybe it takes time to build chemistry" and subsequently went on 2-3 really tedious dates following the first one. And now I have no idea. My current baseline is I need to look forward to a date with someone *at least* as much as I'd look forward to hanging out with a platonic friend.

    • @CrummyVCR
      @CrummyVCR 5 лет назад +5

      Thats the magic mixture !!! : )
      So I hear.

    • @bannappleblonde
      @bannappleblonde 4 года назад +12

      Clinton Reisig go back to 4chan

    • @bolas5838
      @bolas5838 4 года назад +2

      @Clinton Reisig sexist much?

    • @cynnimini2650
      @cynnimini2650 4 года назад +1

      That is actually really good advice... thank you!

    • @lewmie179
      @lewmie179 3 года назад

      @@bolas5838 wait who?

  • @christianaal.9761
    @christianaal.9761 6 лет назад +962

    Is it too sad that I think that the only person who truly understands me is a youtuber I don't even know?

    • @rayoflight7416
      @rayoflight7416 6 лет назад +33

      nah the feelings and struggles you have are just relatable to a wide audience, Anna is the is the one speaking about it but you could go on the street, talk to anyone and they'd feel the same way.
      maybe talk more about your feelings with your friends and family, I'm sure you're just staying quiet

    • @smellicat
      @smellicat 6 лет назад

      Dude. Same.

    • @CGoliday1
      @CGoliday1 6 лет назад

      Right

    • @FrazerKirkman
      @FrazerKirkman 6 лет назад +5

      I really hope this encourages you to open up to the people inn your life who you feel might be most thoughtful.

    • @AzazelHash281
      @AzazelHash281 6 лет назад +1

      Honestly yes because there’s someone out there experiencing something similar
      But it does not take away from what you are experiencing only you can understand that it isn’t something a person cannot get past

  • @amayaaries
    @amayaaries 6 лет назад +1315

    I already know I’m afraid of intimacy🙃 DONT TOUCH ME I HAVE DAD ISSUES

    • @kassandrazuber5720
      @kassandrazuber5720 6 лет назад +5

      Amaya The Otaku I feel the exact same

    • @TortoisePig
      @TortoisePig 6 лет назад +23

      I don’t have a dad so does that mean I have dad issues too?

    • @Adventurous-Emma
      @Adventurous-Emma 6 лет назад +31

      I've literally loudly announced my dad issues at parties so no one gets the wrong idea

    • @korisoli1497
      @korisoli1497 6 лет назад

      Big mood.

    • @lead.m4579
      @lead.m4579 6 лет назад +1

      ME TOOOO

  • @LaGuardiaCross
    @LaGuardiaCross 6 лет назад +1301

    Wow. One of the most 'look yourself in the mirror and rethink everything you thought you knew' channels on RUclips. Thank you for sharing your own struggles, so we can identify and work through our own.

    • @kkura__kkuraa
      @kkura__kkuraa 5 лет назад

      N

    • @elizamaria3008
      @elizamaria3008 5 лет назад

      What other similar channels do you know?

    • @missdaytonax
      @missdaytonax 5 лет назад

      @@elizamaria3008 The School of Life, I really recommend it!!

    • @elizamaria3008
      @elizamaria3008 5 лет назад +1

      @@missdaytonax Thanks :)

    • @laurenc.860
      @laurenc.860 5 лет назад +3

      Right?! Also I love ur channel, La Guardia 🤗❤️

  • @kyiatruong
    @kyiatruong 5 лет назад +389

    I felt those arrows on a different level

  • @Rosalindxxxxxx
    @Rosalindxxxxxx 5 лет назад +276

    what if you have been working on self worth and compassion so much so that you came to love yourself and find your worth, you feel comfortable alone and ready to date, but as soon as you go and meet someone and they show interest you get turned off? I know I deserve to be loved, but I still am uncomfortable with intimacy. HELP. I had a massive crush on this guy and he was unavailable. Now he showed interest and I'm like "boy, bye."

    • @gos6666
      @gos6666 5 лет назад +32

      Wow..You have no idea how much I just related to this😂😂

    • @runway5338
      @runway5338 5 лет назад +4

      This was mentioned in other comments, but look up lithromantic. There's also frayromantic, but that doesn't sound like your case.

    • @pinaypie4
      @pinaypie4 4 года назад +17

      I guess the fact that you’re seeing someone and you’re getting turn off after they showed their affection, you’re just thinking a lot of things or paranoid about it , it’s takes time to get there . Just try and date that person with no rush , I’ve been there it’s takes to get comfortable.

    • @blastorange2460
      @blastorange2460 4 года назад +1

      @The Absolute Madman wrong

    • @jenrhemgotcha1417
      @jenrhemgotcha1417 3 года назад +2

      When flirting goes too far🙄

  • @renavilla5974
    @renavilla5974 6 лет назад +912

    I gradually gasped louder with each of the 6 points, I'm shook

    • @kohlinoor
      @kohlinoor 5 лет назад +36

      SAME. The level to which I felt personally attacked was too damn high.

    • @rosealldays
      @rosealldays 3 года назад

      Right!

  • @amy_lee
    @amy_lee 6 лет назад +1534

    I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS

  • @aylinahmedova1108
    @aylinahmedova1108 6 лет назад +1100

    Anna's my life coach😂❤

  • @hu4ngming
    @hu4ngming 5 лет назад +135

    Pain, abandonment, longing, tension and anxiety. Got that. Thanks.

  • @starcherry6814
    @starcherry6814 5 лет назад +121

    Beware dating someone who is afraid of intimacy.
    They will break your heart!

    • @khadijakolsawala9323
      @khadijakolsawala9323 5 лет назад +26

      Indirectly you asked people to beware of Me!!

    • @xenia1871
      @xenia1871 4 года назад +2

      :(

    • @avocado2543
      @avocado2543 4 года назад +2

      Oops 👉👈

    • @dawn6597
      @dawn6597 2 года назад +6

      Well that hurt.. i like them so much. I don’t want to be afraid of getting closer to them.. I’m working on it ok ;-;

  • @JuliaMarieH
    @JuliaMarieH 6 лет назад +1433

    I’m afraid of intimacy because if I get into a serious relationship I’ll get married and then realize 30 years later that I’m bored or they’ve changed or they’re not who I thought they were and I’ll have an empty relationship based only on routine and obligation and I wasted my life being unhappy because I’m committed to this person I don’t really want to be with anymore but I’m scared to leave them because I’d lose the stability and comfort that my marriage gives me... no that’s not because my parents (and basically every other adult couple I knew growing up) never showed love to each other and eventually got divorced what are u talking about

    • @Haruki_chan
      @Haruki_chan 6 лет назад +8

      Same

    • @LerobotZ
      @LerobotZ 6 лет назад +90

      Soo why do you think you have to marry someone? Ever thought about just going with the flow? Marriage is a very old concept. In my opinion it seems very unpractical in our modern society. Just don't do it, if you don't want to

    • @maddwitch
      @maddwitch 6 лет назад +26

      LerobotZ While I agree that no one should get married if it's not their thing, marriage, secularly speaking, is a legal contract that grants you certain rights that would otherwise require their own separate legal contracts. Then there are the insurance and tax benefits.

    • @JuliaMarieH
      @JuliaMarieH 6 лет назад +88

      first last I literally just wrote a novel about how I was terrified of getting caught in a failing marriage and you still say that women just get married so they can get cool stuff in a divorce? Maybe some women do but wow, thats next level insensitive

    • @dragonswordmountain2908
      @dragonswordmountain2908 6 лет назад +12

      +Julia Homola Whoa...i'm a guy and i agree with all you said...girls do have this fear as well, interesting.

  • @vaiishnavi5423
    @vaiishnavi5423 6 лет назад +680

    I wish I didn't relate to this so much 😂😂

  • @Pinayzonfire
    @Pinayzonfire 6 лет назад +146

    “feeling bored when the other person does everything right” wow why are you being so loud 😭

  • @Maria-fm5no
    @Maria-fm5no 5 лет назад +180

    I have every single symptom you said! And have realised I have commitment issues. And I have never been in a relationship. Plus I am very independent and dont want to be with people all the time. Especially the same person again and again..

  • @kimtaeyeonismyeverything
    @kimtaeyeonismyeverything 4 года назад +60

    The YT algorithm is worried about me 😂

  • @dollface106
    @dollface106 6 лет назад +910

    i feel attacked, didn’t realize some of those were signs of intimacy issues

    • @papernecklace
      @papernecklace 6 лет назад +5

      Good thing you're not the only one recognizing some things and feeling attacked (vulnerability?) ;)

    • @Jobe-13
      @Jobe-13 6 лет назад

      Same

    • @nataliavargas9299
      @nataliavargas9299 5 лет назад

      me and you both brother 🤠

  • @isa0ber
    @isa0ber 6 лет назад +454

    i'm well aware i'm afraid of intimacy and i'm damn good at rationalizing my self sabotage

    • @jclyntoledo
      @jclyntoledo 6 лет назад +4

      New best friend lol

    • @danikasan7308
      @danikasan7308 6 лет назад +36

      “i’m damn good at rationalizing my self sabotage” the truest damn thing i’ve ever heard in my entire life

    • @ForeverFashionGirl21
      @ForeverFashionGirl21 5 лет назад +7

      can we bond over our intimacy issues? but like in a non intimate way of course.

    • @ozzietv3044
      @ozzietv3044 5 лет назад

      @@ForeverFashionGirl21 yes definitely

  • @wiktorianajbert3218
    @wiktorianajbert3218 6 лет назад +311

    i loo... i loov...i-i- lo-loov... ilovemyselfaswell

    • @moonlightmochi884
      @moonlightmochi884 6 лет назад +3

      Karma_ 2410_ underrated comment

    • @VoenDomar
      @VoenDomar 6 лет назад +3

      Its honestly stunning how hard it is to do this lol, for me at least (And a lot of other people it seems like judging from the comments)

    • @Mttyd12
      @Mttyd12 6 лет назад

      It's a shame that there's that me-too movement (just think there could have been a better name real lazy really everyone say me too when they have something in common 😒) think I loo... I loo...i-i-lo-loov... Me-too would have been funnier because if the whole "I love you...... Yeah me too" awkward reply that happens on films, shows and I guess real life

  • @irenefelton1
    @irenefelton1 5 лет назад +105

    Oh wow... I truly learned this for the first time. I've never had a relationship longer than 2.5 months before and I'm 30. I just always said I've been picky... I also recently met someone Amazing and was wondering why the beginning isn't intense but feels like a slow burn.... Wish me luck folks. Thanks Anna!

    • @9Nikko8
      @9Nikko8 4 года назад +3

      I hope this will work out for you, rooting for you!

    • @charlesyun7803
      @charlesyun7803 4 года назад +1

      Same age. The only thing I haven’t done with a girl is having an actual relationship. I did date a few times. And I had sex a few times. (Those two sentences are not related.) That’s about it.

    • @evilerroryt8448
      @evilerroryt8448 3 года назад +1

      I mean if you think about it. Beening intense with someone you just met at first is a huge stretch and just puts a lot of stress In my point of view ya know. It should just be chill and getting to know the person first. If you instantly like someone at first glance I'll just assume its lust and that feeling never stays the same.

    • @irenefelton1
      @irenefelton1 2 года назад

      ​@Obakeng Ngoepe Great question. I had a LOT more work to do than to just watch her videos, including going to therapy, addressing my deepest fears and desires, speaking to lots of people, etc.... and then 1.5 years later after going through all that stuff (still going through more now) - I found the LOVE OF MY LIFE. I LITERALLY DID. I had been online dating for 12 years, and I finally found someone incredible, same thing, online, when I was finally ready - someone that was at my level of maturity, ability to connect, ability to communicate and work through our problems, etc. The relationship is still work only because we're continuously working on keeping a safe space to share and understand each other better. Anyway, I thought I was cursed... but no, I just had to do the work. Good luck out there! And do the work if possible, if you have the resources, etc.

  • @ohriven1484
    @ohriven1484 5 лет назад +40

    I stop talking to people as soon as I understand/they tell me they have feelings for me just because I get scared and I fear those emotions...

  • @Fahtimma
    @Fahtimma 6 лет назад +452

    Wow Anna dragging me through filth early in the morning

    • @AFuTeZ
      @AFuTeZ 6 лет назад

      Fahtimma 😂😂😂 ❤️ This!

  • @Fancynancytv
    @Fancynancytv 6 лет назад +103

    Ok so found out I have intimacy issues...

  • @HappiestSadGuy
    @HappiestSadGuy 6 лет назад +415

    Intimacy = into me I see

  • @zoomer106
    @zoomer106 3 года назад +16

    So
    If someone is falling in love with me...is it normal, that I don’t trust her for a split second and think that her feelings are not true and this is all some f*cked up game to mess with my locked up feelings? Huh...

  • @OlafavonGoeding
    @OlafavonGoeding 6 лет назад +105

    Almost a 30-yo that has never been in a serious relationship before, here! 🙋

    • @joyholmes254
      @joyholmes254 5 лет назад +2

      Vanda Vandová same!!!

    • @XxWillyRocksxX
      @XxWillyRocksxX 4 года назад +3

      😞 Same over here, plus i had a tendency to shut down when women come on to strong. I've always been anxious and depressed for most of my life but i got over that by work on myself and talking with my sister. So it's not all bad. 🤣 at least i dont have a "baby mama"

  • @Lag22987
    @Lag22987 6 лет назад +393

    Building a friendship is something I'm open to do versus immediate relationship

    • @LeratoM98
      @LeratoM98 5 лет назад +35

      Yeah, I think it really is the wisest thing to do. That's why so many relationships are failing imo-peoe don't get to really know each other first on a friendship level. Because when they jump straight into romance, the lines become blurred with all the hormones that get involved. Hence, why so many married couples obviously start out in love, love each other...but further down the line, can't stand one another, because they don't actually LIKE one another 100%.

    • @ashleyadam955
      @ashleyadam955 4 года назад +5

      100% open to building a friendship vs a relationship as well

    • @noeliaurquizo4620
      @noeliaurquizo4620 4 года назад

      same

    • @black_whitechick6554
      @black_whitechick6554 4 года назад

      Same that’s how all my relationships were

  • @blubblblab5852
    @blubblblab5852 6 лет назад +309

    I am afraid of intimacy in my dating life, but it shows differently. I don't even make it to the first date xD It's mostly like: "Oh my, this super sweet and handsome guy with beautiful eyes just smiled at me. Wow. He is my type! Well, I guess that's my moment to anxiously leave the store and hope that I never see him again. Bye!" - I know it's wrong. What I do about it? No idea where to start :'D Send money or help.

    • @papernecklace
      @papernecklace 6 лет назад +25

      Haha, even though I'm male it's very relatable. I used to think the exact same thing. I'd say it's because you think either 'I don't deserve him' or 'He doesn't deserve me'. At least that was the case with me. My advice is: be assertive and talk to him anyway! In the worst case it's really awkward and you never see him again, in the better case you have a really fun conversation :D

    • @Yeye-oz7ge
      @Yeye-oz7ge 6 лет назад +23

      OH MY GOODNESS i feel attacked by THAT comment more than anything anna said because i've never even been in a relationship hahaaaaaaa i feel your pain

    • @hannahdill9012
      @hannahdill9012 6 лет назад +7

      Send money FOR help.

    • @ZERO-rj1xv
      @ZERO-rj1xv 6 лет назад +13

      Stop being relatable this instant. *I feel attacked*

    • @josiemac7807
      @josiemac7807 6 лет назад +2

      Blubbl Blab I have snickers bars...?

  • @m444ria
    @m444ria 6 лет назад +250

    I felt so attacked I cried

    • @Roan.bot.
      @Roan.bot. 5 лет назад

      m444ria you must do all of these things 😂

    • @rekuu27
      @rekuu27 5 лет назад

      Me too.

  • @kitluwi2495
    @kitluwi2495 4 года назад +19

    I was definitely caught off guard with those 6 symptoms. Never have I realized that I'm scared of intimacy just as much as i thought i crave for it. Maybe apart from lack of self worth, i guess one of the reasons why we subconsciously sabotage our love life is because, growing up, we never saw our parents showing intimacy/love with each other - either they end up being divorced or even if they're together but just living passively.

    • @icecreambodyrolls
      @icecreambodyrolls Год назад +2

      Bro... Especially the parent thing

    • @Lightbulb909
      @Lightbulb909 Год назад +3

      The parent thing is what I’ve been thinking for myself. I crave intimacy, but I know if someone touches me, and I mean here like hugs, it’s incredibly uncomfortable. It’s so strange because I crave them too, but when it happens it’s unbearable. Like my skin gets sensitive to touch, as if the slightest contact is incredibly ticklish.
      I’ve been thinking lately that I’ve never seen my parents show intimacy, not so much as a complement even, throughout my childhood until now in my mid-twenties. I’ve been wondering if this has any bearing on my experiences.

  • @teragotchi
    @teragotchi 4 года назад +14

    'IF I'M NOT SUFFERING, I'M CLEARLY NOT IN LOVE'.
    That was an eyeopener! I feel like past experiences, movies, books & music all lead to this idea that your relationship has to be challenging enough to be worthy of the title of love.

  • @anisa2001786
    @anisa2001786 6 лет назад +228

    I crave attention but I can’t have anyone touch me😭

    • @corkydukeII5898
      @corkydukeII5898 6 лет назад +3

      Sounds like a typical woman

    • @zaboomafooba
      @zaboomafooba 6 лет назад +39

      Corky Duke you’re annoying

    • @melododie
      @melododie 6 лет назад +8

      Same but I love touching other people not in a weird way though.

    • @corkydukeII5898
      @corkydukeII5898 6 лет назад

      plumear You spelled amusing wrong

    • @zaboomafooba
      @zaboomafooba 6 лет назад +6

      nope. I spelled annoying correctly

  • @moonlightmochi884
    @moonlightmochi884 6 лет назад +382

    who needs a therapist when you have anna

    • @annecapote869
      @annecapote869 6 лет назад +3

      Moonlight Mochi Anna sees therapists, we watch her videos, THEREFORE....
      Her therapists are our therapists 🤝

    • @ilou9129
      @ilou9129 6 лет назад +1

      Me. I need them.

    • @LaQuesaDeMI
      @LaQuesaDeMI 6 лет назад

      Oh I definitely need a therapist. That’s why I have both!

  • @jamie4303
    @jamie4303 6 лет назад +130

    When Anna becomes your RUclips therapist

  • @ggchiu7400
    @ggchiu7400 5 лет назад +16

    ‘But surprise! I have a lack of intimacy and have problems of self worth.
    Yes children! Yes! I am the best of both worlds!’
    Me: (as one of the children) *high fives her as I literally have the same problem yes

  • @dahlia8027
    @dahlia8027 5 лет назад +24

    Okay, I have two questions:
    1) How do you define 'chemistry'?
    2) So now that we identified the problem, any tips on how to fixing it?

    • @s.d.966
      @s.d.966 5 лет назад +5

      1. Here "chemistry" means infatuation.
      2. Be a strong willed person from today, you just have to make this decision that you will not be what you used to be before.
      Ask your partner what he/she is going through or is everything alright, keep asking them until they open up to you, then empathize for them to soothe their pain. Encourage them for their betterment, appreciate them for their works and love them unconditionally.

    • @Roan.bot.
      @Roan.bot. 5 лет назад +6

      Chemistry is just attraction and attraction can happen just from two people trying to spend time and have fun with one another. They problem with the excuse of chemistry that ladies use is that it sets a high expectation that if things don’t click upon the first meeting then they never will and that’s not true. It’s just a lazy way of looking for and getting out of the commitment of making a relationship.

  • @미미월드-q5b
    @미미월드-q5b 6 лет назад +83

    ANNA'S BACK ON TRACK, BABY!!! This, is more like it. I dig this about her. She's so spot-on describing the "develop yourself before you can accept someone worthy" thing! I've been working on it, getting good at it and now she couldn't have made it more clear! Thanks a mil, Anna. Total gem, this episode.

  • @ArborParva
    @ArborParva 6 лет назад +42

    Well... I guess I'm okay with relationships, but I'm kinda afraid of close friendship. All my childhood friends turned out to be douchebags and I don't really know how to make new friends as an adult.

    • @justcommenting1590
      @justcommenting1590 6 лет назад

      ArborParva tru and I don't know either

    • @LaQuesaDeMI
      @LaQuesaDeMI 6 лет назад +2

      I’ve made new friends through volunteering at political events and also through partaking in Meetup.com events (like hiking clubs). I know adult friending can be tough!

    • @kimmirandaart9909
      @kimmirandaart9909 5 лет назад

      A good friendship will feel good and you’ll just know it

  • @blazingdusk4046
    @blazingdusk4046 6 лет назад +121

    It’s terrifying to look and see what you’ve become on retrospection.
    I’ve done this so many times.😭

  • @camilavalencia6621
    @camilavalencia6621 4 года назад +15

    Who else is afraid of intimacy?🙋‍♀️

  • @hellenarias6730
    @hellenarias6730 5 лет назад +19

    "As much as we think we don't deserve love, we do" oh Gosh.... So freaking deep. Thanks, you have a new follower.

  • @yermaw6348
    @yermaw6348 6 лет назад +44

    It's embarrassing to say I relate to every sign that you're afraid of intimacy. :T

  • @sarasaric5824
    @sarasaric5824 6 лет назад +143

    0:47 THIS LITERALLY SOUNDS LIKE ROSA FROM BROOKLYN 99

  • @Lol0918
    @Lol0918 6 лет назад +134

    Your videos are such a help. I watch them daily so I remember to take care of myself. 💖💕

  • @lilahbulosan1681
    @lilahbulosan1681 5 лет назад +13

    i just realized i destroyed every relationship i could've had :/

  • @Besederish
    @Besederish 5 лет назад +14

    i think this is one of the most psychologically accurate youtube short

  • @basaksungur9068
    @basaksungur9068 6 лет назад +45

    Okay, this is %100 me. All of the symptoms and for the past 4 years I've been trying to figure out what is wrong with me. You can't imagine how I feel right now. The important question is, how to fix this? Especially the "being attracted to unavailable men" part. Or dismissing too easily part, I'm sick of friendzoning amazing people but I have no idea how to start having feelings for them if there is no excitement.
    And all my past relationships ended because I got bored. IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM.

    • @s.d.966
      @s.d.966 5 лет назад +1

      Be a strong willed person. Grow up.
      Just look at the mirror and make a promise to yourself that you will love who you should love.
      My advice: Try to go back to your any past partner and try to make things work. Ask your partner what he/she is going through or is everything alright, keep asking them until they open up to you, then empathize for them to soothe their pain. Encourage them for their betterment, appreciate them for their works and love them unconditionally. If they cheat on you or if they leave you after that then they don't deserve you and move on.

    • @xermy1648
      @xermy1648 5 лет назад

      that's called not knowing wtf you want like 3/4 of other girls

    • @highoffbluntz1131
      @highoffbluntz1131 4 года назад

      sounds like u needa meet the WOO

  • @brandonvilla2420
    @brandonvilla2420 6 лет назад +52

    Yes i love being loved but i find all the attention creepy and annoying sometimes.

  • @HannahPockey
    @HannahPockey 6 лет назад +36

    WHY AM I YOU?! I was just saying today I've been building walls for over 26 months since my last relationship. I don't even know how many first dates I've gone on that never went further lol.

    • @papernecklace
      @papernecklace 6 лет назад +1

      Haha, this also is very relatable. A lot of first dates were 'too good to be true'. Turns out I just thought I wasn't worth it. Too bad I'll probably never see one of them again.

    • @christineprasad1547
      @christineprasad1547 6 лет назад +9

      omg right?! or if you don't feel an intense spark on the first date, i tell myself that that guy isn't right for me. If he messages me quickly, i think he's clingy..if he messages me after a while, i think he's too distant and doesn't like me. Love is way too complicated and yet so beautifully simple haha

    • @papernecklace
      @papernecklace 6 лет назад +2

      Christine Prasad Very, very relatable 😅

    • @xermy1648
      @xermy1648 5 лет назад

      @@christineprasad1547 well that's one toxic way of seeing it. No wonder why you're having trouble with this

    • @christineprasad1547
      @christineprasad1547 5 лет назад

      @@xermy1648 ahaha fix me pls

  • @amesakurako1
    @amesakurako1 5 лет назад +12

    What the hell every symptom is me but I thought I had high self esteem?🤔🤔

  • @Glub2
    @Glub2 5 лет назад +11

    no self worth?????
    umm
    pfft
    tell me something I don’t know

  • @laraboylemusic
    @laraboylemusic 6 лет назад +53

    All your videos always come out with a topic that I am always currently working though!
    Had a physiotherapist recently ask if I had fears of abandonment. And I was like no never! And I'm super independent anyways!
    But I went home and thought about it. I sercetly am terrified of losing people because all I have done is push people away, and then I am all like "see!!! I knew they were gonna leave! Called it!" And pretend I am okay with it.
    It's the things you never thought you needed to work on that need the most attention. And oddly since I have realized that part of me, it has calmed down a ton!!

  • @sheep2924
    @sheep2924 6 лет назад +16

    Wow, so many vids in one week! Nice, thanks😊😊😊

  • @sophiamia3026
    @sophiamia3026 6 лет назад +10

    This reminds me of how I replied to one guy's "I miss you" viber message 😂 I put him on seen for a few hours and replied "I miss me too" 😅

  • @PossibleBat
    @PossibleBat 4 года назад +16

    This is why I’m still a virgin and 26... I just can’t get over it, I hate my body and can’t see anyone falling in love with me, I always think they are making fun of me, and I sabotage everything in my life, I feel less than other girls and I feel like I lack something they all have, yep I’m that miserable.

    • @hannibalmassinissa5763
      @hannibalmassinissa5763 4 года назад

      Not sure

    • @Envlo
      @Envlo 3 года назад

      Aww im a 27 year old virgin and i feel you. Im just learning to love myself and my body.

    • @theshroom8182
      @theshroom8182 3 года назад

      Stfu, here's some shrooms 🍄🍄🍄🍄

    • @TimeStopper20XX
      @TimeStopper20XX 3 года назад

      I don't mind helping you change that. It's up to you

  • @jetpackdino5703
    @jetpackdino5703 3 года назад +2

    I believe that all relationships no matter how strong will eventually fall apart. Do I believe this because my parents got divorced? Am I just scared? Who knows? I don't know!

  • @elliemiglin8119
    @elliemiglin8119 6 лет назад +29

    Could you please go through each of those signs in different videos? This is just something I struggle with.

  • @edenkaren923
    @edenkaren923 6 лет назад +88

    Cool Taylor Swift reference 😂
    And love ur videos btw ❤

  • @liquicitizenfarron6172
    @liquicitizenfarron6172 6 лет назад +55

    Well i know im scared anna thanks for reminding me it hahaha

  • @kimseokjinsstingray7389
    @kimseokjinsstingray7389 5 лет назад +9

    Im so scared of intimacy that one time when my crush compliments me I just walk away or say “nope that’s not happening, by”

  • @icravedeath.1200
    @icravedeath.1200 3 года назад +2

    I have autism, so it's extra difficult (the dark souls of communicating with people).

  • @PforPanthera
    @PforPanthera 6 лет назад +83

    I have rotten self-worth but rather than being attracted to people who'd be obviously bad for me I go to kind of the opposite extreme of being super attracted to anyone that's particularly nice to me who I find even a little physically attractive. When I first started having romantic feelings at all I'd end up confusing liking someone in a platonic way for them being nice to me with actually being attracted to them. Which is why it took me a long time to figure out I was a lesbian :p

    • @Mel-pi2ns
      @Mel-pi2ns 6 лет назад

      What helped you figuring out?

    • @carmentan421
      @carmentan421 6 лет назад

      Uh oh same

    • @PforPanthera
      @PforPanthera 6 лет назад +2

      I kept catching myself fantasizing about making out with girls I knew and after a year or so of denial I kind of just had to acknowledge how different I thought about girls and guys in regards to romance.

  • @jjb4173
    @jjb4173 6 лет назад +8

    Im not afraid of intimacy, but intimacy seems to be afraid of me🤔

  • @andreakotvanova
    @andreakotvanova 4 года назад +8

    i feel kinda attacked when this appeared in my reccomendations

  • @rjmunster9600
    @rjmunster9600 6 месяцев назад +2

    Remember when Anna used to be smart and make good content? Peppermint farms remember.

  • @davehackett8848
    @davehackett8848 6 месяцев назад +2

    I've been married 40 years. I'm not afraid, I'm terrified.

  • @AmruthaViswanath
    @AmruthaViswanath 3 года назад +6

    "If I'm not suffering I'm clearly not in love."

  • @zhonglislove
    @zhonglislove 5 лет назад +6

    i feel personally attacked when someone shows they are interested in me lol or ask me out thus I've never been in a relationship, and because i think i may get married! 🙅🏻‍♀️🙅🏻‍♀️

  • @thejoiny
    @thejoiny 5 лет назад +12

    "I love you okay bye" is so Rosa from Brooklyn 99

  • @larvitardratini5965
    @larvitardratini5965 5 лет назад +8

    I'm a guy why am I watching this at 6:30 the night before a chem exam I haven't even slept yet

  • @primroseprom
    @primroseprom 5 лет назад +26

    Anna: Stop sabotaging your love life!
    Me: Okay!
    Also me: *continues to sabotage my love life*
    Me, again: >:0

  • @Xambriel_
    @Xambriel_ 6 лет назад +29

    I can relate so much it hurts

  • @maluzinez7234
    @maluzinez7234 5 лет назад +7

    I give but I cannot take love...

  • @miladyaqo7150
    @miladyaqo7150 5 лет назад +5

    Ooh damn girl who is you!
    Why am I discovering this channel now!!
    *_Am I falling in love?_*

  • @iraz0798
    @iraz0798 3 года назад +1

    Me: OH MY GOD! I look so stunning right now...loooook at my hair, my lips, my eyes, my face, my body...I AM AMAZING
    Also Me: Wait so your telling me you like me??? WHY? That doesn't make sense I mean what would you like on me??? Nooo...I think you got some few things about me wrong.
    ....
    Then again me: Honestly I should be able to date myself cause I'm everything I'm looking for into a person...well...yeah ok we can discuss about that...but anyways...what would it be like to date yourself? When one of yourselves cheat would you cheat on yourself??? That's so weird I'mma just go to sleep

  • @siennafreyja5400
    @siennafreyja5400 4 года назад +1

    I don’t sleep with guys but I only like guys who are clearly unavailable and/or unattainable. Anyone who likes me I don’t like them back for one reason or another. I don’t know if there’s something wrong with me or if I just have bad luck 😂

  • @-zerenity-2322
    @-zerenity-2322 5 лет назад +7

    0:47 lmao i bursted out laughing

  • @aliabrown215
    @aliabrown215 5 лет назад +3

    It’s just...I’ve never been in a relationship before. I’m 20. All my friends date. The main topic for most of our conversations is there significant other and sex life. And I never realized that was such a popular topic. And Im starting to feel like something has to be wrong with me because I haven’t experienced anything! It’s so frustrating!

  • @ytlongbeach
    @ytlongbeach 5 лет назад +1

    more horrible advice. basically, just do the opposite of what she recommends, and you'll do great!

  • @the_specialista6319
    @the_specialista6319 4 года назад +4

    "I'm not suffering, I'm not in love" that killed me 😂😂😂

  • @Sav3_St4te
    @Sav3_St4te 3 года назад +3

    "If I'm not suffering, I'm clearly not in love" You didn't have to hurt me like this