Why do we value vulnerability in others, yet feel too afraid to show it ourselves?
People tend to view showing vulnerability as a strength in others, but see it as a weakness in themselves.We see the positive aspects of others’ displays of vulnerability, but we focus on the negative aspects of our own.Disclosing your struggle with mental illnessan authentic and intentional willingness to be open to uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure in social situations in spite of fears.
In her interviews with thousands of people, researcher Brené Brown observed that people tend to view showing vulnerability as a strength in others but see it as a weakness in themselves. As she wrote inAnna Bruk and her colleagues at the University of Mannheim in Germany recently gathered evidence to support Brown’s qualitative findings.
These results demonstrate that we appreciate the display of vulnerability by others, not so much the display of our own. Bruk labeled this discrepancy the. When we see others display vulnerability, we see them in a positive, beautiful light. However, we perceive our own displays as a mess.Bruk’s research suggests that the beautiful-mess effect can be explained by construal level theory, which means our perception of a situation depends on our psychological distance from it.
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