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The Dr. Laura Podcast

I Have a Fear of Commitment

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.46K Ratings

🗓️ 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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