a certain way or that we have to take their  views of social life or intimacy into account) 

And social psychologists say these specific, and sometimes cringy, words and phrases we use inside relationships are part of building intimacy and trust.

of building intimacy and trust.

In romantic relationships, daughters of abusive fathers expect to be mistreated by their partners, and struggle with vulnerability and intimacy.

with a sense of intimacy,

Don't imagine that people can fall back in love with someone out of pity or of guilt, and don't defensively maintain that they had a fear of intimacy.

They're carrying around a bitterness and an anger in their hearts and their minds that is poisoning the waters of their purpose, of their intimacy, of their relationship and it has become a kind of protection mechanism that ensures that they stay in this place of dissatisfaction.

Whether it's deep intimacy or connection or a great sex life or meaningful purpose or a good working environment or good working relationship, there's this part of them that's like, no, I'm actually not worthy of that or that's not possible and so I'm just going to hold on to this resentment.

And again, I keep moving that lighthouse to say how can I light this woman up more, how can I make her more attracted to me, how can I make it so our intimacy is off the chart.

Intimacy.

When it comes to intimacy, Lilly was always happy to spend as much time as she could with her significant other. But when they had to be apart, she would never fret or worry. "Baby, I trust in our relationship, I know that we will always have each other."

But as I've called my friend group these past two years and taken off my armor to approach the very scary qualities of vulnerability and intimacy,

But it's when you're fighting is disrespectful, when it's constant arguments that go around in circles, when resolution doesn't lead to more compassion or intimacy that you're fighting is likely dysfunctional.

Two, there's no intimacy — emotional, intellectual or physical.