For these individuals, relationships and life itself is scary. They are insecure and need to protect themselves in order to survive. They scan their environment for any sign of threat, often experiencing threat when there is none. Individuals who distrust others frequently have early childhood issues in regard to their relationship to their parents who let them down in someway. Developing a relationship with such individuals is difficult.
Intimacy leaves themselves too vulnerable to hurt and potential damage.
Hence, they tend to remain distant and frighten people off. Best Good Fair Poor Dr. Edward A. Dreyfus is a Clinical Psychologist, Marriage, Family, Child Therapist, and Sex Therapist. Dr. Dreyfus has been providing psychological services in the Los Angeles-Santa Monica area for over 30 years. He offers individual psychotherapy to adolescents and adults, divorce mediation, couples counseling, group therapy, and career and vocational counseling and assessment. For You , is available in the Amazing Bookstore Catalog .