Men dealing with commitment issues tend withhold showing emotions or have trouble displaying their emotions. This can be for one of two reasons: He genuinely lacks emotion, or he is hiding emotions because he doesnt want things to get to serious.

What do commitment issues look like?

People with commitment issues may agree to a long-term relationship at first and then begin to slowly withdraw from the relationship months, weeks, or even days later. Some individuals may move from one intense attachment to another with little understanding of what went wrong in previous relationships.

What does it mean when a man has commitment issues?

If someone brings up their “commitment issues,” theyre probably uncomfortable with intimacy. In a nutshell: “It typically means there is something about long-term, intimate relationships that brings up fear, and historically the fear causes the relationship to end,” he added.