Vulnerability By Brene Brown Analysis

Vulnerability can allow people to display their weakness and can allow human beings to bring people to a position that is lower than low. In “Bean Tree” Taylor moved away

Vulnerability is often one-dimensionally viewed as the degree to which mishaps, pain and shame are allowed to enter into one’s life. However it is also the birthplace of creativity and basis for a feeling of self-worthiness. Thereby vulnerability creates authenticity. There are various different definitions of vulnerability according to the field in which the term is used. The most commonly found dictionary definition states that “Vulnerability refers to the susceptibility of a person, group, society or system to physical or emotional injury or attack. The term can also refer to a person who let

What is vulnerability? What is the connection between vulnerability and resilience? Vulnerability is stepping out of our comfort zones and being exposed to the unknown. Our goal to accomplishing a mission empowers us in willingness to overcome difficulties than avoiding problems. Once the idea is executed, we are already in The Hero’s Journey.

Our parents raise us hoping for us to develop certain character traits, but there comes to a point when we start to become our own person based on the experiences we go through, any situation, good or bad, can influence our personality mentally and emotionally. Emotion is what makes us human, it's how we cope and how we manage our crazy lives’. When our feelings get damaged or even nourished, it will change how we react

It takes the brave one’s to rise because we risk falling again. We risk vulnerability which is something I am not comfortable with, I usually avoid vulnerability but it seems almost impossible as a teenager. I was a little confused of what vulnerability was but, Brene Brown writes, “vulnerability is not winning or losing; it’s having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome” (Brown 4). When I read this I was shocked, as I reflected I noticed how many times I risked being hurt. Attending this college class at fourteen risked me getting judged, failing, and overloading on stress but I decided to risk it because I never know how amazing my outcome will be.

Nobody likes to feel vulnerable. We try to avoid this every day of our lives. When we act on these insecurities we can often become negative towards something to get the attention away from us. In the short story “Cathedral” we see the husband living in a dark place. we see countless examples of the husband feeling vulnerable and quickly becoming negative towards the situation.

A question surges though: Is the relation with individuals who burry their weaknessess any good? The short answer is “No.” Why be friends to someone who is not vulnerable? Every single human has strenghths and weaknesses, but those weaknessess are usually kept in the dark. Vulnerability is crucial for true relations because there is a chance to help the other person in their weakness and he/she can help back.

It is essential that nurses are capable of incorporating theory into their practice. Recognizing fundamental concepts such as vulnerability is a crucial element to providing effective care. Vulnerability is an elusive concept that is described as part of the human condition (Sellman, 2005). The process of vulnerability itself is very individualized and may be presented differently for each person experiencing it (De Santis & Barroso, 2011). Within this paper, I will extensively explore the definition of vulnerability, the defining factors that embody the concept, and how the knowledge of this concept can influence nursing practice.

Vulnerability is defined as susceptibility or increased risk for health problems (DeChesnay, 2008).  A group of individuals are considered at higher risk for illness when their physical, emotional, psychological, or social health, is compromised (Aday, 2001).  There are many leading causes for why a population is considered at higher risk; socioeconomic, age, gender, demographics, personal, and cultural backgrounds are some of the key factors (Aday, 2001; Sebation, 1996). Individuals can become vulnerable at any time because of change in life circumstances, placing them at higher risk. One group

If one experience the feeling of loss and vulnerability those are emotions and that is part of living. However in the novel Beloved written by Toni Morrison, Paul D a former slave try his best to not have any forms of emotions towards anyone because he has the fear of loosing them. In the excerpt of Judith Butler, Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence argued “Loss and vulnerability seem to flow from our being socially constituted bodies, attached to others, at risk of losing those attachments, exposed to others, at risk of violence by virtue of that exposure.” When someone attach their emotions and feeling towards another person they are increasing their vulnerability because there might be a risk of loosing that person. For example, when Paul D is getting closer to Sethe he was not able to share his emotions, “ saying more might push them both to a place they couldn 't get back from. He would keep the rest where it belonged: in that tobacco tin buried in this chest where a red heart used to be (Morrison 86).” Paul D is starting to share his memories of what happen at Sweet Home to Sethe, but he is scared that he is revealing

The normal reaction to feelings of helplessness and vulnerability is often a need to regain control–

The work of Brené Brown about the concept of vulnerability is truly remarkable and her talk about it truly gives a meaningful thought to all of us. With her optimistic view, her long-time experience, her wide knowledge, her simple style of delivery, and her emphasis on the reality, she successfully made her discussion meaningful, inspiring and encouraging to all. From here, she showed to us that vulnerability should be considered as something positive and essential to our everyday

Vulnerability is a weakness is a system that leaves the system open to attacks. Exposure is the known vulnerabilities that make a system weak and open to attacks without protection.

Brene Brown, a researcher in social interactions, takes an unexpected perspective in her ted talk called “The Power of Vulnerability”. She starts out her speech by telling a joke and explaining her education and experience in social work. A quote her professor put on the board led her to research the connection among people. However, this led to many other things such as shame, fear, and the most prominent factor, vulnerability. She realized that for connection to occur we must be seen completely for who we are. This led to 6 years of research, including hundreds of stories and thousands of pieces of data. Brown wrote a book about her findings but she felt that something was still missing. It turned out the missing component was worthiness. To delve deeper into worthiness, she did a study on people who think they are worthy and people who don’t. People who thought they were worthy had these four things in common, courage, compassion, connection, and vulnerability. Brown realized at this point that she needed to understand vulnerability thoroughly by facing it herself. A therapist helped brown face vulnerability head on for a year straight, and in the end, she potentially won her life back. Brown stated “…vulnerability is the core of shame, of fear and of worthiness, but it is also the birthplace of joy, of creativity, of belonging, of love…” After facing her fear, she knew that vulnerability was the core of not only fear, but also happiness. Brown goes on to say that we

“...and that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength,” (Audre Lorde). Vulnerability is the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally. Being vulnerable is pouring our hearts out to other people, to sympathize, and to empathize.Vulnerability is a fundamental part of being human, it’s how we feel, function, and exist with emotion. Sometimes, however, being vulnerable can have consequences and repercussions. Telling someone a secret can lead to betrayal and letting out your emotions can lead to mockery. The experiences of Richard Perry in Fallen Angels, Hazel Grace in The Fault in Our Stars, and Harry Potter in The Order of the Phoenix, show how vulnerability is a negative trait that can lead to emptiness, heartbreak, and grief.