Confidence Quote by Stan Tatkin

“Some are quietly deteriorating the person’s self-esteem through the emotional game of abandonment. Being present physically but checked out emotionally is not a marriage…

— Shannon Thomas

“Fears and expectations that date back to earlier experiences of dependency, but that didn't arise during courtship or dating, are activated as commitment to…

— Stan Tatkin

“I’ve read that, for some borderlines, the flip side of abandonment fear is the fear of engulfment. It’s another one of those “screwed if…

— Kiera Van Gelder

“This is particularly true of those who "love too much" and those who tend to lose themselves in their relationships. Sometimes our love becomes…

— Beverly Engel

Lots of people can identify with a fear of abandonment because of childhood stuff. They say you're either afraid of abandonment or engulfment in…

— Aimee Lou Wood

“Why are people so afraid to leave a relationship, even if they know it's a bad one?”

— Stephanie Perkins

There are many things that can keep you in a relationship. Fear of being alone, Fear of disrupting the arrangement of your life.

— Superman

Most relationships fail not because of the absence of love but because one person loves too much and the other loves too little.

— Prabin Shrestha

“one moment they may seem calm and serene and deeply in love with their partner, but at the next, they may be triggered by…

— Ross Rosenberg

Once we make our relationship choices in an adult way, a prospective partner who is unavailable, nonreciprocal, or not open to processing feelings and…

— David Richo

Loneliness Is Not The Absence Of Affection, But The Absence Of Direction.

— Anonymous

“Fear in intimate relationships operates on several levels. On one level there are the survival fears—fear of making it financially on your own, fear…

— Susan Forward