Symptoms of Commitment Phobia
Source: Paul Douglass MIAH Acc. D.Hyp. Adv. - Anxiety therapist specialising in Pure Hypnoanalysis in London, England - Visit Paul's Website
The following is taken from Paul's article "The Symptoms of Commitment Phobia"
The ‘Yo-Yo-ing’ Effect in Commitment Phobia
This can happen when a commitment phobic is in a relationship, but suddenly feels trapped or pressured. Their response is often to ‘run away’…. So they might sabotage or end the relationship, even at the expense of their partner’s feelings.
Once they have ‘run away’ from the relationship, the commitment phobic often starts to feel ‘emptiness’. They start to realize that they did love their partner after all. This emptiness… missing the other person, can often cause them to go back to them.
Of course, once back in the relationship again, and after everything has ‘settled down’, the relationship quickly starts to head back towards their ‘trigger’ again.
“Now, before you left we were talking about getting married weren’t we”.
Before you know it, the commitment phobic is off again. Then they’re back…. Then they’re off… and so on.
This ‘yo-yo-ing’ effect can go on for some time because the partner of the commitment phobic is often just so glad to get them back, that they’ll put up with all the uncertainty in between.
Source: Paul Douglass MIAH Acc. D.Hyp. Adv. - Anxiety therapist specialising in Pure Hypnoanalysis in London, England - Visit Paul's Website
Date Added: 5th of July 2007
Read the rest of Paul's article "The Symptoms of Commitment Phobia"
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