🕯️IFS and Vulnerability

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Oct 28
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Vulnerability in IFS isn’t exposure for its own sake — it’s the courage of parts stepping forward after lifetimes of hiding. It’s the system whispering, Maybe it’s safe now.

A protector may tense, fearing that openness will invite harm.
A shamed part may equate vulnerability with humiliation.
An exile may tremble between hope and dread, remembering both comfort and pain.

IFS moves slowly:

“Who in me wants to be seen?”
“Who in me is afraid of that?”

When Self holds the space — steady, curious, kind — vulnerability becomes strength, not risk. It’s not the opposite of protection; it’s protection finally learning trust.

In IFS, vulnerability is love in motion — the system daring to believe that safety can exist even while the heart is open.

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