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CMV: You aren't a strong person if you can't understand or at least acknowledge the importance of vulnerability and being emotional

I have always seen people down play the importance of letting someone know more personal things about yourself. I understand being vulnerable takes trust but there's a point when people just have to accept that they can get hurt too. I know people in my life who don't say anything about their emotions or feelings and that includes my own Dad.

It feels like people want to avoid getting hurt so bad that they can't accept that it's ok to reach out to others. That getting hurt from others is normal and that you shouldn't avoid being vulnerable entirely but learn to know which people to trust.

What irks me the most is people downplaying the importance of emotions as if those emotions aren't part of who they are. Some may see those types of people as strong to be able to repress their emotions but not me. To me you are stronger if you can face those emotions and be able to ask for help when needed.
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People are expressing emotions and being vulnerable, even if you dont think they are (and in some cases, even whne they dont think they are). 

I see this opinion being expressed alot but what it tells me is that the people who hold this belief usually arent talking about whether people are emotionally vulnerable or not, but the fact that their emotional expression is not in line with yours. 

Let me give you an example. Most people view "expressing emotion"  as hugging, kissing and saying i love you. Just because a person doesnt do these things does not mean that they dont love you. This is  especially evident in the way that people with autism interact.

 There was a textpost somewhere at one point talking about how an education proffessional of some sort was dealing with their autistic class. One boy would rest his head on the teachers arm as a sign of affection another would squeeze peoples had three times to say i love you. Then another person responded that she she was having trouble in her relationship because her S.O. didnt say i love you almost ever. That is untill they adopted the hand squeezing, he would then tell her doezens a time per day. It also varies how you interact from person to person

HOWEVER, the most important take away should be this. It is selfish and gross to force someone to express themselves the way you want them to, when you want them to. Lets talk about sex, because sex is also a form of intamacy and emotional expression. Certain people want it all the time, other people want it sparingly. Some dont mind if its with alot of different partners, some have mental breakdowns if cheating happens. Some like anal, some like roleplay, some like feet. We can all agree that its ok to have these differences with sex. We can also all agree that if you violate peopkes sexual autonomy, if you do it against their will or if you plead with them to do you a sexual favour. Then you are trash.  The same should apply to emotional vulnerability.