It's hard to see a knife in the back. Fear makes you more cautious, I think. I'm not afraid of the act itself, but I haven't gone out of my way to seek options.
[He won't admit that the intimacy frightens him too. When he feels himself getting too close, he instinctively walls himself off again. It is easier to avoid being hurt if he doesn't allow himself to feel anything at all. Or so he tells himself.]
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[He won't admit that the intimacy frightens him too. When he feels himself getting too close, he instinctively walls himself off again. It is easier to avoid being hurt if he doesn't allow himself to feel anything at all. Or so he tells himself.]