How to Embrace Vulnerability in Your Journey

Vulnerability refers to being able to be you, accept your humanity, which may be weakness or fragility, and make peace with it. Some people are too complex and challenging on themselves by trying to protect themselves, hiding and denying the human aspect in them. But the truth is that being vulnerable doesn’t mean you are weak; instead, it means that you are strong because it only takes strength and courage to be vulnerable.

In this article, we will explore how to embrace vulnerability and understand its true meaning. So, if you are ready, let’s dive in.

1. Why You Should Embrace Vulnerability.

You should embrace vulnerability because it is part of being a human. As you already know, you can’t fight nature in the same way you can’t. You should know that pretending to be strong when you are not is an easy way of hurting yourself.

It is true that sometimes people will tell you to be strong and never show your weakness. It is good to be strong, but do not hurt yourself more because you want to be strong. Being free to show how you feel about the moment’s situation will help free your heart from too much pain and burden.

For me, I used to be so scared of showing how I feel, I always find it challenging to show that I am hurting, till I decided to be me and never to hide my feelings anymore. That is when I realised that I have been hurting myself all this time, pretending that I am fine when I was not.

2. Stop pretending to be strong.

When you are going through pains and instead of you to feel free and open up to someone, you are busy hiding it in your heart, what it does to you is that it increases your blood pressure, you will also battle with anxiety and depression, because you are storing all these pain in your heart instead of letting them out and letting go of them.

Pretending to be strong will only make you suffer in silence, so feel free to speak in the language of weakness. For example, when you say I’m sick, it doesn’t mean you confess or proclaim sickness upon yourself; instead, you are only being human and facing reality. This will expose you to the opportunities and possibilities of getting help.

Sometimes, they make us feel that when you try to be open and face the reality of the moment by mentioning the sickness you are suffering from, you are giving it power. This is not always true. When you speak out, there is an excellent possibility that you will receive help.

3. Understand That It Is Okay Not To Be Okay.

Most times, it is not your fault that you are not okay. The people you are hiding from so that they won’t know that you are not okay are also going through one challenge or another. When you think you’re going through a lot, you will be surprised when someone opens up to you to let you know what they are going through.

I also want you to be vulnerable to yourself. Stop being too hard on yourself. Allow your body to understand that you have a problem that can be solved.

By not being vulnerable, you are not just deceiving and lying to your neighbour or whoever you are supposed to talk to. You are also deceiving and lying to yourself. Of course, you know you can’t lie to your body, and it is only when you make your body understand that you are not okay in a particular part of your body that it will swiftly act and heal itself.

4. You Are Strong Enough to Be Weak.

There is strength and courage in weakness because it is human to express weakness. Sometime ago, I was going through a tough time. You know that problem you find so difficult to discuss with anyone, right? That’s the kind of problem I was going through.

So I kept this to myself while hoping that I could deal with it all alone and become okay with time. Days came and went, weeks came and went, and even years passed, and I was still wallowing in silent pain. At some point, I realized that the pain was not going anywhere; in fact, it was only getting worse by the day.

So one day, I decided to open up to a friend. That was when I realized why they say a shared problem is half solved. I started healing and was getting better day by day just because I opened up.

It is good to be strong, but you don’t have to be that strong, which will only hurt you more. Feel free to open up. But I must warn you also to be careful with whom you open up to. This is very important; I will emphasize it more in the following subheading.

5. Be Very Careful Who You Open Up to.

Since it is essential to open up, vulnerability is not all about opening yourself to everyone. You don’t have to open up to whoever you meet; even the people you think are very close to you can betray you when you open up to them. I don’t blame those who refused to open up to anyone; sometimes, you don’t know who to trust.

Those who do not like or even wish you well will be the people who will be more interested in hearing your story. Even if they give you attention and listen to you, it will make you feel they genuinely care about you. But now, far from that. They want to hear what they will use to laugh at you, and want to listen to it from you directly. So be careful who you share your problems with.

Summary

Embrace vulnerability since it is only human to be vulnerable, and you are human, right? So loosen up, stop being too uptight with yourself, and always remember that a shared problem is half solved. Hiding your pains for too long without letting anyone know can only hurt you more and even lead you to a sickness that even the doctor cannot cure.

But like I said earlier, always be careful who you open up to because not everyone who claims to be your friend genuinely cares about you. Many people can pretend so much that their pretense looks so real.

This is where we draw the curtain on our real-life affair blog today. We would like to hear from you, so feel free to share your experience with us in the comment box.