Are you finding it challenging to establish meaningful connections with others? Do you find yourself hesitating to share your deepest thoughts and emotions with those close to you? Perhaps you long for closeness but struggle to navigate the path toward it, or maybe you avoid social gatherings and parties due to an underlying fear of intimacy. If any of these experiences resonate with you, you may benefit from taking this fear of intimacy test to gain insights into your relationship with intimacy.
What Is Fear Of Intimacy?
A fear of intimacy is a phenomenon that affects a person’s ability to form or maintain close relationships. People with this fear do not usually reject intimacy intentionally from another. Instead, they may behave in ways that create stress in a relationship, resulting in an early end, before any deeper intimacy can develop.
This affects not a romantic relationship but also friendships and family relationships. In some other cases, it may be seen that people with this condition long for closeness, but frequently push others away or sabotage relationships.
This can stem from several causes, including certain childhood experiences such as a history of abuse or neglect, or trauma from past horrific relationships. This condition is sometimes also found to be misinterpreted as anger, indifference, or coldness.
Some of the sign of people with fears of intimacy includes:
Having low self-esteem and confidence
Having trust issues and a history of unstable relationships
Actively avoiding physical contact
Having trouble forming or committing to close relationships
Living in self-imposed social isolation
Instructions For Taking Fear Of Intimacy Test
Below is a list of statements that relate to an individual’s fear of intimacy. Please read each statement carefully, and select options that you find relevant for you.
Please note: This test is a self-assessment and not a diagnostic test.
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Your present score reveals that you have a low fear of intimacy. It indicates that to a few extent, you might hesitate to form a close relationship with another person and might find it a little difficult to share your thoughts and feelings with others. Apart from this, it can be seen from your score that to a few extent, you might avoid social gatherings with a fear of intimacy and might hide yourself being expressed your true desire for intimacy. Besides this, it can be seen from your response that in a few cases, you might show a desire for intimacy, able to form genuine bonding and togetherness but might show a slight lack of confidence about how to proceed for intimacy further.
Apart from this, it can be seen that a few times you might go through feelings of nervousness, tension, and other negative thoughts related to intimacy, and as a result of that might move away from the intimate situation. Along with this, it can be seen from your response that a few times, you might think about your past stressful experiences and might show a preference to stick to your choice, interest, and independence without forming an intimacy with another person. However, it should be noted that your responses may have an impact on your social, occupational, academic, and other areas of functioning. if you think the results do not accurately match your characteristics, then we would encourage you to consult a Psychologist for an accurate result.
Want to learn more?
Following few ways can help an individual to overcome the fear of intimacy, such as- identifying the root cause and understanding the most comfortable ways of approaching the future relationship, sharing problems with a partner clearly, and seeking help from the person to mutually deal with it, proceeding step by step before intimating too deep, practicing relaxation exercise and yoga to vent out anger and anxious thoughts and finally consulting a professional if the condition gets unmanageable. If you want to know how to cope with your fear of intimacy, talk to our professional psychologists.
You can use our Mood Tracker to stay mindful of your mood every day, identify your innermost thoughts & emotions on a daily basis. It will aid you in doing all those things you love, while limiting activities that might dampen your mood.
Moderate Fear Of Intimacy
Your present score reveals that you have a moderate fear of intimacy. It indicates that sometimes you might hesitate to form a close relationship with another person and might find it quite difficult to share your thoughts and feelings with others. Apart from this, it can be seen from your score that to some extent, you might avoid social gatherings with a fear of intimacy and often might hide yourself being expressed your true desire for intimacy. Besides this, it can be seen from your response that in some cases, you might show a desire for intimacy, able to form genuine bonding and togetherness but might show somewhat of a lack of confidence about how to proceed for intimacy further.
Apart from this, it can be seen that sometimes you might go through feelings of nervousness, tension, and other negative thoughts related to intimacy, and as a result of that might move away from the intimate situation. Along with this, it can be seen from your response that often you might think about your past stressful experiences and sometimes might show preference to stick to your choice, interest, and independence without forming an intimacy with another person. However, it should be noted that your responses may have an impact on some of your social, occupational, academic, and other areas of functioning. if you think the results do not accurately match your characteristics, then we would encourage you to consult a Psychologist for an accurate result.
Want to learn more?
Following few ways can help an individual to overcome the fear of intimacy, such as- identifying the root cause and understanding the most comfortable ways of approaching the future relationship, sharing problems with a partner clearly, and seeking help from the person to mutually deal with it, proceeding step by step before intimating too deep, practicing relaxation exercise and yoga to vent out anger and anxious thoughts and finally consulting a professional if the condition gets unmanageable. If you want to know how to cope with your fear of intimacy, talk to our professional psychologists.
You can use our Mood Tracker to stay mindful of your mood every day, identify your innermost thoughts & emotions on a daily basis. It will aid you in doing all those things you love, while limiting activities that might dampen your mood.
High Fear Of Intimacy
Your present score reveals that you have a high fear of intimacy. It indicates that in most cases you seem to strongly hesitate to form a close relationship with another person and might find it extremely difficult to share your thoughts and feelings with others. Apart from this, it can be seen from your score that in the most frequent cases, you seem to avoid social gatherings with a strong fear of intimacy and tend to hide yourself being expressed your true desire for intimacy. Besides this, it can be seen from your response that in most cases, you seem to show a desire for intimacy, able to form genuine bonding but possibly show a strong lack of confidence about how to proceed for intimacy further.
Apart from this, it can be seen that most often you seem to go through feelings of nervousness, tension, and other negative thoughts related to intimacy, and as a result of that might strongly move away from the intimate situation. Along with this, it can be seen from your response that in most frequent cases you seem to think about your past stressful experiences and tend to show a strong preference to stick to your choice, interest, and independence without forming an intimacy with another person. However, it should be noted that your responses may have a strong impact on your social, occupational, academic, and other areas of functioning. if you think the results do not accurately match your characteristics, then we would encourage you to consult a Psychologist for an accurate result.
Want to learn more?
Following few ways can help an individual to overcome the fear of intimacy, such as- identifying the root cause and understanding the most comfortable ways of approaching the future relationship, sharing problems with a partner clearly, and seeking help from the person to mutually deal with it, proceeding step by step before intimating too deep, practicing relaxation exercise and yoga to vent out anger and anxious thoughts and finally consulting a professional if the condition gets unmanageable. If you want to know how to cope with your fear of intimacy, talk to our professional psychologists.
You can use our Mood Tracker to stay mindful of your mood every day, identify your innermost thoughts & emotions on a daily basis. It will aid you in doing all those things you love, while limiting activities that might dampen your mood.
