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being open and vulnerable about your feelings

it’s scary, but it will only foster stronger and deeper relationships with those around you

@enjoyurlove

Jan 10, 2025

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Being vulnerable

It’s difficult to really share how you feel and what you need. We can easily slip into some kind of survival mode where we people please, or shut down, or lash out in anger. But what’s beneath that? What underlying need isn‘t being expressed or met? Of course, being able to speak to our true needs and feelings is difficult, but it can be even harder to recognize what we actually feel or need — especially if those survival modes have been our default for so long. Work on some somatic practices. Get in touch with your own body and the feelings that arise. Use that as a starting point to recognize what it is you need from yourself, as well as from other people, and then work towards sharing those needs directly to other people. It’s not easy being vulnerable. In fact, it‘s right there in the word: vulnerable. Yet developing that capacity has been transformative for me over the past 5 or 6 years. Slowly but surely.

@zenlikeme

Nov 18, 2024

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just being honest with what you are feeling and what you need

turns out a lot of the time people are nice and understanding in the face of vulnerability

@caroline

Jan 29, 2024

Top Recs from @ellabella

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being alone

builds character. no one is looking at you weirdly i promise just see the movie by yourself bae. if nothing else do it because joan didion also thinks it’s a good idea. just don’t isolate

@ellabella

Feb 11, 2024

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knowing the difference between shame and guilt

guilt is “this thing i did is bad” and shame is “this thing i did means i am bad”

@ellabella

Feb 9, 2024

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using things that are not bookmarks as bookmarks

a starburst wrapper, a leaf (beware of staining the pages), a journal page with a secret written on it, etc.

@ellabella

Feb 7, 2024