Why do we get so scared in telling our crush how we feel?

[libralove]

What keeps us from getting up the courage to say how we feel to that one person who each drives us so crazy we wanna put them through a wall but can't live without

[NathanDavis]

perhaps... due to the fact that deep inside we know that it is just a one sided infatuation that will actually lead to nowhere real

and then yes, we instinctively try to protect ourselves from that realization and disappointment

dreaming? we can always day dream and fantasize and that might still suck, but it would suck a lot less than "rejection"

[BarryLiverstone]

Cuz it’s feelings ‘about’ your crush and not feelings true to who they are

[JPresidente]

Probably rejection and humiliation but at the end of the day, you miss 100% of the shots you never take so I say go for it. I would rather live with rejection than with the thought I could have tried and didn't and missed my chance. I've had to turn women down before and I hated doing it every second but I was as kind as I could be and tried to make them laugh so that at least we could laugh together and avoid something awkward. I've also been rejected myself but I was glad that I tried.

[shortster]

Fear of rejection. Fear is the mind killer.