9 Signs You Didn’t Get Enough Love as a Child

You Have a Hard Time Expressing Yourself

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You are Always Trying to Make Up for Not Getting Enough

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Intimacy Feels too Intimate

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Your Fear of Rejection Motivates You

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You Might Be too Independent

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You Find Love Hard to Accept

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You Live in a State of Self Doubt

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You Isolate Yourself on Purpose

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You Speak People-Pleasing

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