You crave intimacy — but when it gets too close, too raw, too real, you pull back. You might leave emotionally before you leave physically. You might disconnect mid-sex, grow quiet during moments of vulnerability, or avoid touch that feels too tender.
You want connection — but not if it means losing yourself. At some point, your nervous system learned that love could be consuming. That to be close was to be exposed, maybe even erased. So you became careful. Controlled. Hard to reach.
The Guarded Heart isn't cold — it's cautious. It learned to protect something sacred.
