## I Decided to Embrace Emotional Vulnerability, and it Changed my Life Source URL:: <https://browngirlmagazine.com/2021/05/i-decided-to-embrace-vulnerability-and-it-changed-my-life/> My relationship with my parents took a nosedive when I came out to them my senior year of high school. I remember hearing that I needed to change very often, to a point where it has now been almost in ### Highlights > [!quote]+ %%Updated on Mon Apr 25 2022 10:23:23 GMT-0400%% > > I want to love and be loved and I am willing to be vulnerable to achieve it. > [!quote]+ %%Updated on Mon Apr 25 2022 10:23:38 GMT-0400%% > > When you hear the words emotional vulnerability, what comes to your mind? I can’t help but imagine some readers cringing at the thought of this topic while others are hastily exiting this tab. For those brave souls still here, I think it’s time to address the elephant in the room—the sad fact that most of us are conditioned to fear vulnerability.