The Official Insecurity Thread

[Mark]

As a lot of guys have noticed, writing out your biggest fears and insecurities often helps you feel better about them and can give you some perspective on overcoming them.

I think it'd be useful to have an official thread where we can write about our insecurities and offer support or guidance to others, especially if they're suffering from an insecurity we have suffered from in the past.

The insecurity can be big or small, trivial or life-hindering.

I'll go first. My big insecurity right now: fear of commitment.

It's gotten a lot better since I've become more aware of it, but I've reconstructed my entire lifestyle to avoid it. I rarely date girls for more than a week or two. I rarely live in the same place for more than a month. Hell, I'm starting to dislike having possessions at all because I feel weighed down by them.

Something deep in me is terrified of commitment and always has been. Although, like I said, I think I'm more aware of it now.

This isn't the worst thing in the world at the moment. I'm enjoying my life. I'm still young. I'm debt-free and financially stable. I have no desire to get married or start a family or anything like that soon.

But one day I will... and one day I will have to confront this and figure it out. And that worries me, as every year that goes by that I continue living like this, I think I'm going to be worse-equipped to do so.