Discomfort & Vulnerability

This is a post that I started back in 2020 during the "height" of the coronavirus and then sort of forgot about and let fall to the side. Especially since I have only put out one post in 2021, compared to all of the ones that I had put out during 2020. When I started working on the idea for this post, while I don't remember where I came up with or found the topic, I asked people a simple question about what made them vulnerable or how they showed/felt discomfort. While I didn't get that many answers for either question, the ones that I did receive were good responses to what I had asked. 

The photo was taken by me

My original title for this post was "Seek Discomfort and Vulnerability," but sometimes I think those things find us instead. And I believe that was part of my thought process behind asking the questions and then this post. When we are faced with discomfort and vulnerability, either together or separately, we have to face them, and sometimes it feels like we are walking into a brick wall, or something similar to that. If we look at what is making us feel vulnerable or giving us discomfort, we have to work our way through them. Sometimes it can be easy and sometimes it can be hard. We have to realize that there are plenty of people around us who want to help us no matter what we are going through. It can seem hard at times to ask for help, but once we do, we are one step closer to getting over what is making us vulnerable or uncomfortable. 

Vulnerability

• When I'm without my clutch for my anxiety, so my phone or backpack
• Losing loved ones
• Talking about my feelings

Discomfort

• I curl in on myself or hug my arms close
• I fidget. Twist my hair around my fingers, bite nails, peal dead skin from lips