How To Increase Emotional Intimacy In Your Relationships

Emotional intimacy is a general sense of closeness to another person. This doesn’t just exist between lovers, but it can also exist between friends and family.

Those who share emotional intimacy also have a common way of viewing the world and they experience things in a similar way.

Most of us can agree that emotional intimacy is important, but what can you do if it’s difficult for you to get close to others?

Connect on a deeper level with the important people in your life using these tips:

1. Consider the times you’ve been emotionally intimate with others. Sometimes we’re too hard on ourselves. While you might be less emotionally open than you’d like, odds are you have been successful sometime in the past.

Focus on those times when you’ve felt close and connected to someone.

Remembering your past can help you gain confidence moving forward in the present and future.

2. Figure out the reason for your reticence. Why are you keeping others at arm’s length? Maybe you’ve been let down before or perhaps your upbringing is the cause. If you’ve been emotionally intimate with others in the past, but are struggling with a particular person now, maybe they’re the source of the challenge. Find the root of…