12 Things You Don't Realize You're Doing Because You''re Afraid Of Getting Hurt

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You casually hook up with people you have no real interest in. 

“When you do really like someone, you look for something to be wrong with them.”

“You overanalyze things because you know at any moment someone’s mind can change. Because its happened. So you try and prepare for those types of things. You look for the warning signs so heartbreak doesn’t come as such a shock.”

— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Fear Heartbreak

“People hold themselves back from love and happiness so they never have to lose it.”

— Brianna Wiest, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Fear Love

“You tell people you’re not looking for a relationship.”

— Nicole Tarkoff, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Fear Heartbreak

“You frequently turn down opportunities.”

— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Fear Heartbreak

“You casually hook up with people you have no real interest in.”

— Nicole Tarkoff, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Fear Heartbreak

“You rarely ever openly admit you ‘like’ someone. The moment you admit you like him, is the moment you think everything will fall apart.”

— Nicole Tarkoff, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Fear Heartbreak

“You’re afraid of something you don’t have any control over. You’re afraid of letting someone in. You’re afraid they are gonna find out everything about you and they’re gonna take off. So you beat them too it.”

— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Fear Heartbreak

“You keeping your options open is another way of saying you’re too scared to settle on one person.”

— Nicole Tarkoff, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Fear Heartbreak

“I know you’re scared. I know you think you might mess this thing up. I know you would rather take off running the other way than let someone in close enough to hurt you.”

— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Fear Heartbreak

“When things don’t workout you pretend that you didn’t like them anyway.”

— Nicole Tarkoff, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Fear Heartbreak

“We’re afraid of losing before we’ve even lost anything at all. So afraid that we hold ourselves back from having it in the first place.”

— Brianna Wiest, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Fear Love