Not exact matches
Despite society and the risk of appearing
vulnerable, there are plenty of men out there who are eager to
express their
emotions.
Primary
emotions make us feel
vulnerable and they're usually harder to
express to another person — they include fear, hurt, shame, sadness, disappointment.
I strive to provide a safe environment that fosters individuals and partners taking risks to
express their most
vulnerable emotions, to truly hear each other and be fully heard and understood.
Express their
emotions in a productive and
vulnerable manner, allowing them to clearly define their relationship issues
However, being
vulnerable enough to
express our most painful
emotions lets our partner know how much we care about the relationship.
What if we
expressed some of our softer and
vulnerable emotions — the ones that we sometimes feel safer
expressing through text messages — directly with our partners or kids?
When partners
express more
vulnerable emotions (for example «hurt»), as opposed to the secondary reactive
emotions (for example, «anger»), it evokes empathy between them.
Withhold love whenever they
express any
emotion — especially
vulnerable feelings.
On the other hand, parents of children with an AD might also be afraid to
express negative
emotions, as they may underestimate the
emotion regulation abilities of their child with an AD and perceive the child as extremely
vulnerable, thereby discouraging the expression of
emotions (Bögels and Brechman - Toussaint 2006).