Dealing with vulnerability

I've come to terms with the fact that I am a vulnerable person due to my past, my recent heart ache, mental illnesses, and personality. Ive been doing well with opening up to friends and loving myself, but I often do things that make me vulnerable and it scares me into hiding away from people so no one can hurt or judge me. I want to be ok with me, trust the world, and make lots of good menories with others. How do I cope with this?

What worked for me was "fake it until you make it". Get out there, be brave and start doing what you want, and you will not feel like you have to hide.

What were you afraid of?

for me, it's a balancing act of : minimize the risks, and maximize the courage... and always plan on time for recovery or rescue~ it's a dangerous world for everyone, only a few of us realize and fear the possibilities, the dangers of everyday life....

no one is promised a tomorrow, or even more of today, so it's important to live a quality life, full of mindfulness, free of grasping and terror, building upon compassion~ then whatever life brings, we will face with a true calm.

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I think it just takes time. I think that it's all a matter of testing the waters, seeing that you can be hurt and be ok in the end. taking everything that happens as learning experience. Etc.