Hi PlatinumHeart

Thanks for your reply, it's reassuring to have had such a quick response for my first post. I was pretty nervous before posting - as I find all this pretty hard to talk about in 'non computer' life :P

I wrote a reply in the 'quick reply' box but it didn't show up so I'll try to remember what I wrote and put it here...

What you said about getting too attached is how I feel about some of my relationships early on - I just love being around them and getting to know them and it seems so exciting. And I start to care about them, then it feels like too much and something goes off in my head and I'm like 'wait, this is too good' and I end up finding irrational reasons to break it off before it goes too far and someone gets hurt (me and/or them)... it usually leaves the other person feeling confused (quite rightly, as my reasons for breaking up never quite make sense in the context of a relationship, which from their point of view is usually going well!).. :/ Sometimes I just try to avoid dating people... also not great...

With friendships - if I feel too close I just try to not see them for a while to try to balance it out a bit. Is that sort of what you meant when you said you disappear from people?