Dear crystal:

It reads to me that you shut down then only in the context of possible relationships with men (“Any time I am approached by a guy I tend to just shut them out”).

You wrote: “I never had a love life because of silly reasons such as having trust issues after seeing other people”-

is it true then that your trust issues are based not on your relationship with your mother, or your father, or your siblings, of friends, or men (because you didn’t have the latter), but instead your trust issues are based on observing other people’s failed relationships?

If so, whose failed relationship did you observe, and which one affected you the strongest?

anita