The Power and Struggle of Vulnerability: Why It's Hard to Speak Up and Share Our Pain
It's a difficult thing to open up to others about the pain that we carry. There are moments when we long to spill our hearts out to those who are closest to us, to let them in on the secrets that we keep hidden behind our smiles. But then, we hesitate, knowing that there are pieces of ourselves that we keep locked away, hidden in the depths of our hearts. We guard these pieces fiercely, for they contain the pain, anger, traumas, heartache, sadness, and brokenness that we cannot bear to reveal to anyone else. Why is it like this? Perhaps it's because we've learned to rely on ourselves for survival, to pick ourselves up when we fall and to fight our battles alone. Perhaps we think it's better to overcome our pain in silence, rather than let someone else into our lives' dark and tumultuous areas. We can't guarantee that we'll ever be free from our pain, but we can assure ourselves that if we don't speak up, we won't be misunderstood or judged unfairly.