The author compares the difference in how adults, whose parents divorced, and adults, with no such experiences in their family of origin, experience anxiety and fear of intimacy. The author also examines the functionality of the family of origin. The theoretical part contains the definitions of intimacy, anxiety and family functioning. The second part of the work describes the research: 310 people participated, from the 310 participants 251 did not experience the divorce of their parents, while 59 did. The results confirmed the hypothesis of a statistical significant difference in the experience of anxiety between adults, growing up with divorced parents, and adults, who did not experience the divorce of their parents. The results also indicate
