The price of intimacy is conflict. When you
avoid conflict, you also avoid intimacy.

Real closeness requires exposure. And letting
someone into your inner world means they will
sometimes step on tender ground.

Avoiding conflict is often a survival strategy
that may have protected you from rejection and pain.
But it's also what now keeps you from the closeness
you truly long for.

Conflict is a chance to repair trust, stengthen
connection and prove to yourself that they're
not going to abandon you.

francescapsychology
art: Owen Gent