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The first time I faced up my deepest fear and voiced out my feelings, it was super intense. Going into it, I thought that it would be too much for me to handle. But once the emotions were released, I felt such a relief. I think it would have hurt more if I had avoided my vulnerability.

"Vulnerability", from what I had learned through my own experience is an important but sometimes hard to grasp term. To let my guard down and drop the walls I hold up to protect myself, it takes a lot of courage to do that. It isn't easy to express my truest self and expose my deepest feelings to another person because being vulnerable is intimate and raw. It's a rawness that stings; for I feel my emotions with full intensity. When I first exposed it, I thought, "Wow! This is intense!" It was almost overwhelming. But there was also a sense of acceptance that came with it, making all I was feeling, palatable.

Although being vulnerable stings, it hurts much more to run from it. I realized when I keep my defenses up, it doesn't actually prevent me from feeling. Instead, I just trick myself into believing I can staunch my emotions. In other words, the facade didn't really work. I still felt everything but I was also adding to the pain of resistance. But when I gave myself permission to be vulnerable, that resistance went away and in its place came a peaceful sense of acceptance.

So, the next time someone bares their truth to you, pay attention and listen. 

Think about this.... you may never understand the strength and courage it took them to do so.

Comments

  • Apr 14, 2018

  • Pretty cool!

    Apr 14, 2018

  • Apr 14, 2018

  • Good Thoughts

    Apr 19, 2018

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