Why do some people fear emotional vulnerability?

[Being_a_good_Indian]

[DishLady]

Bc it sucks when your raw honest feelings aren’t reciprocated. After one… two… perhaps three burns the person then closes parts of their heart off to people even those they love.

[Nikki1989]

Vulnerability involves opening yourself up to the possibility of being judged, criticized, or rejected. This is a fundamental human fear.

[jahaims]

They are weak so worry they will be taken advantage of them

[Valdemort]

They grow up thinking it's something weak, then imagine everyone else as being weak when they do the same.

[emeraldsaphire]

Probably because they are scared how people will view them.

[exitseven]

sometimes people take advantage of it.