TED talk #2: The Power of Vunerability

In Brene Brown's TED talk, The Power of Vulnerability she talks of how people try to evolve themselves to the point of no longer being vulnerable but to be able to love you cannot have yourself be perfectly invincible, to need to be able to feel. She explores the "dirty" concepts surrounding vulnerability and shame and how they act as obstacles in one's pursuit of true happiness. Her presentation style is more of a lecture style, she uses images to enhance her speaking. She speaks like a professor or a teacher, shes not exactly telling a story or a path but trying to give reflection. She shows that people live on the principal that people do not talk about shame because, the more you talk about it the more you have. When we do not show about vulnerability our connections with people are not authentic. This video helped me discover that despite naturally wanting to numb my emotions, hide things I am ashamed of, and fear what others might think if they knew my secrets, it is worth it to be authentic and vulnerable. By living with my whole heart, I can experience true happiness and enjoy real connections with others. In means of the world I believe people have become very apathetic and jaded towards society, or they try to be. Many people do not want to seem weak or vulnerable, to live in a world as fast paced and harsh on the weak as it is you have to go around pretending that emotions do not affect you. If people were capable again to show their vulnerabilities it would create a better world to be apart of.