I Have a Fear of Commitment

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🗓️ 22 September 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Steve's unwise choice in a woman has left him believing romance is not worth the risk of heartbreak. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 111.
0:11.2	Steve, welcome to the program. Hey, thanks, Dr. Laura. Thanks for having me on. I love the show.
0:17.2	Thank you. What's happening? What's happening? The reason for my call, yeah, the reason for my call is because I think I have,
0:23.3	over the years, developed a fear of commitment. And I'm wondering if that's really what it is.
0:29.5	What exactly is a fear of commitment? Tell me what that is.
0:35.1	Well, I've never been married. I have no, no, no.
0:38.8	Tell me the definition.
0:40.9	What is a fear of commitment?
0:43.0	Don't tell me about your life.
0:44.3	Just tell me what that means.
0:49.0	To me, a fear of foreverness.
0:57.7	And that's it. Nothing else. Well, there is no forever because you're going to die one day true so I don't understand fear of yeah what does that mean
1:06.1	fear of forever what does that mean?
1:14.3	I understand the word fear, and I understand the word forever.
1:16.6	I just don't understand when they're put together.
1:19.8	So keep working on me until I get it.
1:21.5	Okay.
1:26.6	Commitment in having a life, well, that's going to be her for the rest of my life,
1:28.4	and nothing else.
1:37.9	Fear of committing to a job that I'm going to do for day in and day out for the rest of my life is scary to me.
1:40.6	What makes it scary?
1:42.9	See, I don't understand the word fear.
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