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No Shame In Vulnerability. A ‘Life Lesson’ Commonly Repeated

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No Shame In Vulnerability A ‘life lesson’ commonly repeated is, “Don’t let your emotions control your decisions.”, but without listening to my emotions, feelings, attitude, and thought process, how can I go through my life? Growing up, mainly in my years as a young child, I remember being told to hold back the tears when I was crying, to get up when I was down, and to focus on what made me smile rather than acknowledge what made me hurt. Yes, there is a difference in the reasons to be crying and it’s important to make it clear; there’s crying because you did not get what you wanted and decide to conclude your anger by throwing a fit, but then there is the throat burning, nose clogging, jaw tightening crying that surfaces when…show more content…
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