Thoughts
I'm afraid of someone that I love hurting me. Kicking me in the shins or ridiculing something that defines me or otherwise abusing me.
I guess that's a silly fear to have because I wouldn't fall in love with someone who was prone to doing those things.
But it is, like, I can barely handle criticism from strangers. If someone that I loved criticized me it would sting for decades. (Luckily that's never happened before.) But it's not really about criticism so much as it is about pain or discomfort. I'd rather be comfortable and lonely than uncomfortable and happy. I'm scared of falling in love with someone who makes me uncomfortable. And everyone makes me uncomfortable.