Core Insecurities
Deep worries about adequacy, desirability, or safety that can shape intimacy patterns, communication, and sexual response.
What This Really Means
Core insecurities often show up as avoidance, reassurance-seeking, jealousy, or performance pressure.
They are influenced by attachment history, cultural standards, and past relational experiences.
Bringing insecurities into the open—gently and without blame—can reduce arousal brakes and improve relational attunement.
Examples
Someone avoids initiating sex out of fear of rejection
A partner needs frequent reassurance about attractiveness
Body image concerns reduce presence during intimacy.
Common Misunderstandings
Tap each myth to reveal the reality
Core Insecurities does not mean you are not ready for a relationship, and it refers to deep worries about adequacy, desirability, or safety that can shape intimacy patterns, communication, and sexual response.
Core Insecurities can fluctuate, so “always” or “never” claims don’t hold up.
Core Insecurities is about deep worries about adequacy, desirability, or safety that can shape intimacy patterns, communication, and sexual response, and it doesn’t imply that insecurities are fixed and cannot heal.
More accurately, Core Insecurities refers to deep worries about adequacy, desirability, or safety that can shape intimacy patterns, communication, and sexual response, and if you feel insecure, your partner is doing something wrong doesn’t follow from that.
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Inside LoveIQ
We identify patterns related to Core Insecurities by analyzing responses in our assessment modules, helping you understand your unique relationship dynamics.
Sample visualization of a gap metric.
“You don't need to label yourself. These terms help describe patterns — not define you.”
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