What characterizes commitment phobia?
The usual description of a commitment phobic person is someone who has a debilitating fear of making love and/or career commitments. The commitment phobic person is either the sort of person who starts relationships with seemingly good love partners only to suddenly break them off just as they are becoming serious; or, the commitment phobic is a person that takes on a series of relationships with clearly unsuitable partners. A person might, for example, start relationships with married people or people who are too young or too old for them. Another typical behavior of the commitment phobic person is that he or she will sabotage relationships that become too emotionally intense. They will, just as things are starting to get complicated, have an affair, or become emotionally distant. This sort of behavior is most common of people in relationships, but it often carries over to other aspects of life as well. The person who suffers from commitment phobia is likely to have difficulty committ
