STOP!Okay so I didn't think what I said below would go on for so long,sorry.Feel free to skip that bit and go straight to the question which will be marked with this little guy


Okay,so this is a topic that I've been thinking about lately.It was sparked by someone we'll call "Human D-47",who(no matter what going on in their life)puts on a facade of invincibility.D-47 thinks that admitting imperfection and weakness diminishes strength.
However,that is not the case,or at least in my opinion it isn't.True weakness is the denial of having any.But,I don't what to seem hypercritical of our good friend D-47 so I'm willing to make myself an example and admit my own vulnerability.

I'm dyslexic.So,as you can imagine this is huge hindrance on my every day life.The reason why I hate to admit it is alot of people automatically assume that I'm illiterate which is not the case.I've had people treat me different,even talk to me different because they think I'm slow which,again,is not the case.I can read,I can articulate perfectly fine and my vocabulary isn't limited,though it isn't huge either.Having said that,dyslexia is a gigantic weakness of mine and I fully admit it.

Answer any or all of the following:
What's a vulnerability of yours?
When was the last time you felt vulnerable?
We all have an Achilles heel,so why do you think it's hard to admit it?

P.S. I'm so sorry this is so long.I wanted to hear others people's opinion on this.I feel a little biased because I'm personally affected by D-47 attitude because were in a friendship.

I'm vulnerable about many things.

One such case is that I never think I'm ever good enough. Ever. For anything, which kind of sucks because I act cocky and stuff all the time. It doesn't show but I'm always worried about being terrible at something and I always want to appear like I am great at something. So I guess I can relate to your friend.

I feel vulnerable about this one, nearly ALL the time, and even when I'm feeling when good I feel like I could do better. I hate feeling like I can't do something or be good enough for anyone. Part of it is due to relationship issues. I was never good enough for my girlfriends, and they were quite vocal about it.

The reason we are afraid to admit our own weaknesses is because we are afraid of facing the harsh reality that is the truth. Most of us don't want to admit how flawed we are or how vulnerable we can be at times. Although we shouldn't. Because being vulnerable and flawed is what makes us humans. Emotion belongs to us as does nearly every other aspect of daily life.

It's ok your thread was long. I prefer longer threads to shorter ones. Simply because this takes effort and you aren't doing this simply to boost post count like some do. Thanks for a wonderful thread, this is one of the few I like enough to post this long of a comment.

Gonna move it to Cafe corner since it's about life issues.

"We all have an Achilles heel,so why do you think it's hard to admit it?"

Because it makes us feel weak, even though it actually makes us strong. In fact, we have to admit and try to solve it instead of running away.

Me? I'm vulnerable when it comes to friendship. Once I treat someone a friend, I'm definitely a true friend, and it makes me vulnerable to her/him. I've had friends who just hurt me in the end. But luckily I've found a real one. ( thanks to god)


It's okay. I like long meaningful threads, hahah.

What's a vulnerability of yours?
I am vulnerable when it comes to guilt. People tend to guilt me into doing things and I always do it because guilt has much more control over me than I'd like to admit.

When was the last time you felt vulnerable?
Earlier today when my mom guilted my entire family today. My sisters wanted to go see the new Harry Potter movie and we were about to miss it because my dad was busy. So my dad suggested my mom go ahead and take my sisters to town and get the tickets and me and my dad would catch up later. My mom gets all huffy and says 'fine' real mean and storms off. All because she didn't want to drive because she wanted to drink.

We all have an Achilles heel,so why do you think it's hard to admit it?
I don't find it too hard to admit it.

its really hard to say or answer something to your question sorry

Well, one of my vulnerabilities is my fidgetyness. Some people might even say I'm O.C.D, or that I have an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I mess around with stuff; I even have trouble leaving a pencil in a certain position on my desk because I'm unsure if it's in the right direction or not . It's something that I can battle...but I feel awkward when I'm ringing my hands in front of everybody.

The last time I felt vulnerable was in Choir the other day. I'm not that bad of a singer; I've gotten solos every time but once. But I get really nervous when I perform in front of people. I'm a good public speaker; but I have trouble even singing a word in front of people. Anyways, naturally, I messed around with my clothes and stuff while I was singing, and everybody laughed. They're all my friends, and I know they were just kidding around, but still.

I actually don't have a problem admitting my problems. I feel open to sharing it; mostly because I realize that

A. Many people have it worse

and

B. Everybody has something...different about them.

My only vulnerability is my heart.Tug on my heart strings and ill do whatever you ask,my wife and daughter know this all too well.

My main vulnerability is my lack of trust, but my next vulnerability is when i let people in they tend to turn out and screw with my emotions causing me to break down.. I have built "barriers" many times in my life because of other people causing problems with me.

My vulnerability is....my confidence. Its just so little yet I know if I want to I can use it to my advantage.

I just felt vulnerable just now, at 2 in the morning, telling you guys that.

We don't want to share our achilles heel because that would also show others or weak points, we want to make them think we have an achilles fist instead.

My vulnerability is when I started to be ''frozen''. When I'm without any emotion. It happen when someone hurt me really hard in the heart. It's a mechanism that I have developed at my old school, before moving out. People were hating me because I was weak. So, I started to ignore them, to be ''frozen''. I have been traumatized by two of them beating me. After this moment, this mechanism get out of my control...

A vulnerability of mine is that I can't say no to people. Even if I kept saying no, I can't eventually, I end up doing it. And people use that to their advantage.

When was the last time you felt vulnerable? I last felt vulnerable is when my friend forced me to eat something at lunch, I didn't want to and I kept telling her no, I don't want to eat it. Then she got all mad at me and said our friendship was over if I didn't. I told her I still wanted to be friends I just don't want to eat it. Then she called me a b**** and turned around. I felt really bad so I told her I'd eat it and I did. (She's actually very kind, I believe. This was just one of her bad days, I guess.)

We all have an Achilles heel, so why do you think it's hard to admit it?

I think it's hard to admit it since when we do, it feels like a weakness. For instance, my vulnerability is that I can't say no. If I tell people this, they're obviously going to use this against me. Everyone is different, but everyone feels that their vulnerability is a weakness.