Are we more prone to Fear of Intimacy?

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Are we more prone to Fear of Intimacy (of the emotional sort)?. I think so. It's kind of a natural fit given our sensitivities, and our penchant for alone-time. I'm wondering if other people have to work on opening up, being comfortable, and not to pushing other people in their life away.

I never feared intimacy, I just never understood it. People may just as well have been speaking japanese when talking about their feelings, I learned to fake it before I learned to "feel" it. I find my black and white attitude and strong memory tends to make forgiving harder than normal people. I also think that anyone you let in close will eventually hurt you or let you down, usually not on purpose, so the fear is understood. Being able to get by the barrier, to get close to people is hard, but I find without the possibility of danger or disaster, life is less robust. Lets cliche, nothing ventured, nothing gained. Also, life sucks, wear a helmet.

I've always had a fear of intimacy. I know that it would feel unnatural to me for many different reasons that I've mentioned here on WP over the years. I also don't wish to be dominated by a male, being that I feel that I'm male myself. There are many horror stories about abusive relationships.

I don't "fear" intimacy per-se, I'm just not particularly interested in it. That may change once I've experienced, but at current, no.

I often crave it, but when put in an intimate situation with someone, I don't think I know how to process it. I'm generally not afraid of things I have trouble understanding, but when it comes to social interaction (since intimacy is like the ultimate social endeavour) I know for a fact I'll be doing it wrong, because I don't, for the life of me, know how to properly do it. So, I avoid it. It brings on the sort of fear that makes you freeze up and mentally shut down, almost like an Earth computer program trying to function on alien code, or vice versa, or something. *shrug*

yea I crave intimacy but I don't like people touching me or being in the same room more than 15 or so minutes. I'm going for the record of the oldest living virgin, at 30 so far.

Sucks so bad I want a girlfriend to love but I can't talk to girls at all, I don't understand how dating works. I don't understand what makes a person decide to reject you or accept you. A girl rejected me at age 15 and I haven't talked to another girl since. It was too embarrassing.

And thinking about getting old and having an old person sleeping next to me and occasionally farting in the bed makes me realize intimacy or marriage would probably never be possible. I don't understand how people when they begin to age are still attracted to one another. Maybe they aren't, they just try and not thing about it.

And people kissing just seems weird. Tie's make to sense to me either. Silly humans.

And it's like all males are under a spell to where they have to think about sex all day long. I feel sorry for them actually. It controls their life. I rarely think about it, and to me it seems kind of disgusting. I do see aesthetic beauty in both males and females (more in females )

Can't wait until they start putting people on Mars, I think I would fit in much better there. Should have hitched a ride on the rover

Does intimacy only mean sex?

Edit: Examples of INTIMACY

the intimacy of old friends
the intimacy of their relationship
He felt he achieved a certain intimacy with her.
The band liked the intimacy of the nightclub.

Lol that's silly, a band having intimacy for a nightclub? It's not even a person. And intimacy with a friend? Where is the line between associate, friend, and intimate friend. The phrase intimate friend doesn't make any sense to me.

I'm terrified of it.

I am not afraid of emotional intimacy. I am much moar afraid of physical intimacy, because that involves people touching me.

This comment on Aspie Strategy (link) pretty much sums up why I am terrified of intimacy. It's in response to the blog post, "Adults with Asperger's and Building Self-Concept." It's worth a read.

Yeah, I find i don't like intimacy. At my old highschool boy/girl relationships were everywhere, and as far as i saw it i was the only single guy there. I didn't mind it to be quite honest. If a girl offers to date me, i will refuse her no matter what, whether intimacy is involved or not.