The Hedgehog’s Dilemma: When Fears Turn Into Spikes

  Loving is wonderful but, for many, it’s also an experience full of fear. Fear of abandonment, betrayal, feeling vulnerable, and opening up to someone emotionally and later failing. Naturally, relationships require taking risks. However, some see them as having more threats than benefits. Many of these ways of understanding relationships or friendships are orchestrated by anxious-avoidant personalities. They’re people who actually crave social interaction as well as love and to be loved. Nevertheless, they fear putting their well-being in the hands of others. This explains why they take refuge in solitude and prefer environments where everything is under their…