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Intimacy:

Intimacy usually refers to mutual vulnerability in a relationship. We become vulnerable from openness, sharing our innermost secrets (dreams, hurts and fears).
​Intimacy is often developed in close, loving relationships such as marriages and friendships. Secure relationships honor vulnerability, cherishing the trust. Less scrupulous partners use vulnerability in manipulative games to gain control. 

​Healthy intimacy is achieved incrementally, slowly sharing more as in close relationships as trust is given and respected.
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Internal Link. Vulnerability in Relationships
A Flourishing Life Society article link. Feeling Felt and validation of emotions
FLS link: Emotional Intimacy | Creating Space for sharing.
Emotional Safety. Courageously allowing vulnerable openness in relationships. A Flourishing Life Society article link
A Flourishing Life Society article link. Shared Emotions
Attachment Injury. Breaches of Trust in Critical Moments. A Flourishing Life Society article image link
A Flourishing Life Society article link. Emotionally Connected. Attuning to a Partner's Feelings
Small emotions, poking through from the past, can avalanche into full blown hatred. We must catch the mislabeling of experience, make corrections and work towards building a relationship with love an intimacy.
Internal link. Building Trust
Intimacy requires more than attraction. Intimacy  is the crowning reward to dedicated attention to the person we love.
Quietly holding our opinion, thoughts and feelings from a significant other, afraid we may spark a fight, is a signal that something is amiss.
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