A fear of commitment in a relationship is fairly common these days. In fact, I've noticed a steady increase in commitment phobia over recent years. What is this relationship anxiety about? What scares ...

In today's world, it seems all too easy to live a life of non-commitment. In Canada, recent statistics show that 51 percent of Canadian adults are "single" — and based on that study, a fear of ...

Are you wondering if your partner has commitment fears? Such a person fears making relationship decisions that could become permanent, or have long-lasting promises, such as getting married. While It ...

Commitment phobia is more than momentary disdain for seriousness; it usually has underlying psychological currents. “Their hesitance is [often] fear of being abandoned or trauma in their family of ...

You don’t need us to tell you that dating right now is no walk in the park. Trying to find one person you want to go on a second date with, let alone ‘the one’ has never been harder — which is perhaps ...

True commitment phobia is fear of any kind of commitment that involves other people, not just relationship commitment. It can involve difficulties making important decisions in all areas of life but ...

Q: I just signed a lease with my boyfriend, and I feel like the walls are closing in on me. I am panicking. I am filled with anxiety and dread. I put the decision off as long as I could, and I thought ...

You go on a number of dates, see someone for a few months, but when it comes to the crunch of whether they will commit to an exclusive relationship with you or not, they get cold feet, fade into ...

We can accept when people have phobias about germs, spiders, crowded places, and other things that—truly—probably won’t end up affecting them in the long-term. And yet, we are very critical and even ...

While dating, you’ve probably got your antennas up for “red flags.” You know the ones: Is he overly critical of the wait staff? Does she seem to hate everything from her job to the guacamole? Does he ...

Courtship and marriage the second time around are different from first relationships. The period of adjustment after divorce demands introspection, and survivors typically emerge with new ideas about ...