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Originally Posted by sconnie892
I have those days, but like earthmamma have to strike a balance between sucking it up/being tough and allowing myself to be vulnerable. Sucking it up for too long is what got me into therapy in the first place. I learned to do that at a previous job where any sign of anger or sadness was viewed as weakness and eventually got you fired. It allowed me to hide from what I was really feeling - about work and about life outside of work.
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You see to me, the essence of toughness IS being vulnerable. Opening yourself up and allowing everything.
I do not see the two as diametrically opposed at all, but absolutely one in the same.
THAT is freedom. That power to make the choice.