Showing vulnerability is definitely a hard thing to do, especially if you’ve been hurt before but it shouldn’t be seen as a display of weakness but rather a display of courage. Because let’s face it its a big risk, it may go wrong. But with great risk comes great reward. It’s a chance for trust to develop and to bring two people closer together.
Just because you’ve been hurt in the past doesn’t mean you’ll be hurt again.
And if you didn’t like that here’s my attempt at a vulnerability metaphor:
Being vulnerable is like the VIP area, you shouldn’t let everyone in but you should let someone in.
Thomas Duggan 