Another form of intimacy is sexual intimacy. This type of intimacy is more than just sexual intercourse. It's any form of sexual expression between two people. Many kinds of sensual activity could also be included in this category. So, intimacy is many different things for different people at different times.
Some people have a difficult time in developing and maintaining intimate relationships.
One of the barriers to intimacy is when a person enters a relationship with some mistaken notions about what intimacy is, or misjudges the needs or thoughts of the other person in a relationship. So, poor communication would be one of the main barriers to the foundation of an intimate relationship. Also, intimacy takes time to develop, and a person who is not willing to allow for time will not be able to develop an intimate relationship. Also, it is necessary for a person to be aware of herself or himself, to realize what she or he has to share with another person. People who are not aware of themselves frequently are not able to understand other people, at least not in terms of the potentially intimate aspects of another person.