Human emotions are indeed one of the most complicated things on the globe. It’s quite different to interpret human nature without decoding his emotions. And this job becomes more difficult when humans cover their emotions to meet social expectations or fake their emotions. Thus, every individual needs to understand each emotion so that he doesn’t end up manipulating himself.
Vulnerability vs. Crocodile Tears
You might have heard the term crocodile tears once in your life, either in a movie or daily soap. When the protagonist asks the antagonist to stop shedding crocodile tears or vice-versa, at the same time, vulnerability is about being authentic to yourself.
Crocodile tears manipulate you from being original. Vulnerability is a courageous and authentic expression of your thoughts, views, and emotions. At the same time, crocodile tears are a disingenuous display intended to manipulate yourself and the people around you.
The Key Differences Between Vulnerability And Crocodile Tears
- While the vulnerability is all about authenticity, the crocodile tears are about manipulation. Vulnerability promotes openness in individuals. At the same time, crocodile tears are responsible for insincerity and manipulation in the relations. You can always enjoy vulnerability by sharing your genuine feelings, fears, and struggles. In comparison, people use crocodile tears to gain personal gain, sympathy, and attention.
- Another difference between vulnerability and crocodile tears is transparency and honesty. Vulnerability represents the honesty of thoughts, while crocodile tears lack emotional depth.
- When you try to be vulnerable, you need to gather sufficient courage to accept and acknowledge your emotions. While crocodile tears don’t need any courage, people with shallow mindsets manipulate the people around them.
- Vulnerable human wants to establish a connection at the grassroots level. On the other hand, individuals with crocodile tears always want to serve self-centered intentions. True vulnerability needs empathy and to be understood. While crocodile tears don’t need to be understood, they only want to fulfill their purpose.
- Similarly, vulnerability is a consistent practice that demands honesty. You can be vulnerable only when you are emotionally honest with yourself. At the same time, crocodile tears have nothing to do with consistency; they are solely situational and appear only when the individual need favor from the other person.
- Summing up, vulnerability is all about self-authenticity; when the individual is authentic to himself, accepts his flaws, and is open to his true side, it doesn’t matter how dark it appears. But crocodile tears are the fake masks that cover the authenticity of the human being. It is the case when someone is fake with himself.
Becoming Flawesome: A Transformative Book Guiding Authenticity
Written by Kristina Mand-Lakhiani, #BecomingFlawesome is a transformative book. In her book, the author narrates that perfection is an elusion and no one can ever chase perfectionism, no matter how hard he tries. Thus, it is okay to celebrate your flaws without compromising your authenticity.
Concluding, in the last line, vulnerability is all about authenticity, while crocodile tears are about the fake masks humans wear to manipulate society.
