Get Naked by Bearing Your Soul in Intimate Relationships
Most everyone has a fear of naked intimacy. We are afraid to reveal our true selves to others. We are insecure as to whether or not we are good enough mentally, emotionally, spiritually or physically for others, especially someone we hope to engage in a lasting love relationship. In love relationships, our fear of intimacy begins with revealing small bits and pieces about our inner-selves. We’ll reveal a little, but for the most part we hold back waiting to see how the other reacts. If they like what we have revealed, then we’ll reveal another tidbit, but we rarely feel secure enough to reveal all there is to know even as we are getting more and more serious about this person. Time passes and we are enjoying each other’s company, seeing more and more of each other, and yet we still don’t feel safe enough to go any deeper than throwing out scraps or “pieces-parts” to each other. And these scraps are nothing more than whatever we have carefully screened and deemed will be a...