bryan

Vulnerability is often blocked by our sense of shame, in this instance, shame about the way we may be feeling, preventing us from opening up and talking to those we objectively trust. This fear tells us that being vulnerable is too painful, and scares us into further believing the lies we've created; that we cannot let go of the secrets we hold. It's at this point the distinction between the world we live in and the world others believe we live in becomes defined, and we begin to live two separate realities. The lack of need to be vulnerable enables us to erase what we wish to hide, and disguise the life we wouldn't want others to see. Learning to open up about our feelings, and let go of things we should have never learned to hold onto can be a vulnerable experience, that we outwardly avoid because of the shame attached to the stigma of opening up. However, this shouldn't be how we view the intimacy of talking about our pain. Vulnerability shouldn't be something we...