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Due to painful experiences in the past, trusting others may have become increasingly difficult, culminating in the inability to respond emotionally or physically when someone invites connection or intimacy.

— First Step To Intimacy
An Intimacy and Sexual Avoidance-Focused First Step Guide (Formerly First Step To Intimacy – A Guide for Working the First Step on Intimacy and Sexual Avoidance or Sexual Anorexia)

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