😔Showing vulnerability doesn’t mean You’re weak👊
Jul 18, 2023When was the last time you felt vulnerable, and it put you down?
Vulnerability is an experience that gives us comfortable and negative feelings. We tend to avoid vulnerability even though we cannot fully control our emotions. Vulnerability is a fact and a feeling. Like other feelings, it comes and goes.
We often associate vulnerability with weakness. The truth is, it has nothing to do with it. Every human being must have a vulnerability; the only option is to deal with it.
Here are some tips for coping with uncomfortable vulnerability:
1. Understand our OWN self.
First, we must learn more about ourselves and our emotions to have more control over our feelings. Early detection of negative feelings will help us to cope with it. Everyone is unique, so we experience different feelings. We must create our way of dealing with our feelings, including vulnerability. Let’s not categorise vulnerability as negative feelings, as our action towards it is the most important; will we let our vulnerability put us down, or can we alternate it to accept and move on?
2. Practice alternating our (negative) Feelings.
As it comes naturally, we should practise alternating negative feelings that may impact our productivity. For example, we tend to feel more vulnerable when we get sick. When we get sick, we must adjust our daily rhythm, plan, and slow down. We have to take medicine and take a rest. We have to take a break from work. It changes our mood, and when we are used to being productive, we might feel uneasy, distracted and uncomfortable. In our mind, while we rest, we start overthinking,” What if I die” “What if I lost my job? or What if someone replaced me at work” and so on.
It needs practice to overcome negative “What if “ in our heads. Keep reminding yourself that being sick and vulnerable is not the end of the world; change our mindset that in this busy world, sometimes we need to take a rest.
3. Showing vulnerability doesn’t mean being weak but being honest.
We tend to avoid feeling and showing our vulnerability because we don’t want to show weakness. It is tiring to be strong all the time. If we don’t show our vulnerability at work, people will keep using us because they don’t know our true feelings. At work, we sometimes have to do tasks beyond our capability, but we don’t want to say No because we don’t want to appear weak. Also, sometimes at work, we need help, but we don’t want to show that we do. In the end, we are struggling ourselves. Showing vulnerability is the way to ask for support and help. It is the way to make people understand you more. In the workplace, showing vulnerability doesn’t mean being weak; it is just being honest and being your true self. In a positive workplace, your team shall understand and get your back.
4. Showing vulnerability is a chance to grow.
Feeling vulnerable doesn’t mean we are weak, but sometimes also, it is a sign that we need to change and grow. It is a good sign. We feel vulnerable sometimes to see other people succeed. We feel vulnerable when people make an achievement, and we are far away behind. We feel vulnerable when we fail. We understand ourselves, and after some time, we can manage the feeling of vulnerability, but what’s next?? The next step is not just to accept the feeling but to use the feeling as fuel to grow. Get inspired each time we feel vulnerable. When we see successful people, we strive to succeed because others can. When we fail (which is part of life), we move to an alternative plan and move on.
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