The pain of living with someone with Intimacy Anorexia is huge. If you see yourself or your spouse in any of the characteristics this can be a great beginning to understanding what’s keeping you both from an awesome marriage.
Intimacy anorexia is the active withholding of emotional, spiritual, or sexual intimacy from one’s spouse. Everyone else might view the person as warm and wonderful, however, the starved partner feels alone, disconnected, often unnoticed, or even unwanted in his or her relationship with the intimacy anorexic.
- Busy
- Blame
- Withholding Love
- Withholding Praise
- Withholding Sex
- Withholding Spiritually
- Unable/Unwilling to Share Feelings
- Ongoing or Ungrounded Criticism
- Control using anger or silence
- Control or shame around Money
- Feel more like a Roommate than a Spouse
Learn more about Intimacy Anorexia.