I Appear to Be Strong But I Am Vulnerable

im trying to face with the fact that i am vulnerable... and it is very very hard for me to admit it because i start thinking that im weak. im very afraid to be weak as im afraid that people will continually hurt me once they find out...

Wobbly
by Ivy Orchid

Little fingers

Little toes

Smiles

There is something there I knew,

I used to know.

Hot chocolate in the snow.

Kneel

Pray

Believe

Matching dresses dancing in the sun.

Sunday shoes,

they all hate me...

On the outside it looks like I don't let things bother me, but on the inside I'm panicking at every negative (intentional or not) word that is spoken in my direction. I worry constantly. I fear rejection. I fear being misunderstood.
A...

To my family, I am the strong,
oh Shannon will make it, Shannon will pull through, Shannon this and Shannon that.
You know, there will come a time; I will not be so strong that my family makes me out to be.
I do brake and I do...

People will always tell you to be strong. People will always tell you to open up, and talk about your pain if your hurting. Quite honestly I'm tired of the contradicting orders. What does being strong even mean? To me, being strong is...

I keep it all together with a smile, and a laugh to fool the world, but I can't fool myself, I am weak, and it comes out even when I don't want it to. I am not strong at all, I"m extremely vulnerable, and get hurt easily.... I just can...

The truth is that,  I tend to suffer in silence when it comes to "dealing". I'm the oldest in my family, very independent, and different from everyone else in my family. My astrology sign is Cancer, (not that has anything) but I DO...

People call me robotic and unemotional, but really, I cringe at every little comment directed toward me. I wish I could be stronger, but I can't. 

         First off I may be a girl but I am a big girl at that and I don't mean hefty, I mean Tall about 5'10, broud shoulders and a never give up attitude. I am a loner as most would call it, but I just see it as having no...

I've been through alot of bad shit, but I have 2 younger siblings so I've always been stronger for them. I developed this as a habit and still do it to this day. I stay strong long enough to help my loved ones through whatever it is...

I appeares to be strong. On outside... I try not to let others know something hurts me. But is it good? Is it good to hide it inside? I don't think so. I'm trying to learn how to express that this hurt me without hurting others.
When I...

I find it horribly hard to show my fears and vulnerability and I know that is something I am going to have to conquer at some point in life.  Today I feel emotionally exhausted after a few days of quite a mental battle.  When...

I think this is very true of me. I try to put out to the world that things do not get to me, that I am less sensitive than I am, or that I don't take things personally when I do. I don't know, I suppose I take things so much to heart...

I was a very sensitive child... at my school there was a group of boys a year older than I was who bullied me relentlessly... not really for any reason other than they knew they could make me cry... it didn't take long for me to learn...

I have this.. armour on me, and i look strong and confident, and happy.
but if you take away my armour you will find someone that has very very bad self esteem and no confidence at all. she
isnt happy at all with her life and is scared...

i am intelligent, pretty and seemingly successful in life.. i'm married to a european and we have a lil girl who's 2 and a bit.. we r both from developed countries and work in development in developing countries.. i'm a mother.. i (and...

My friends see me as a pillar of strength. I help them out in their rough time. But me myself, I am scared and vulnerable. My worst times is with doctors being intimate. I was abused and am just plain petrified. Of what, I dont know. I...