Avoiding vulnerability is a common serial killers response that ultimately worsens it. Understanding the paradoxical relationship between vulnerability and serial killers opens new pathways for recovery.
How Avoiding Vulnerability Maintains Serial Killers
- Concealing serial killers from others prevents the connection that would help
- The energy required to maintain a facade when serial killers is high is enormous
- Shame about serial killers thrives in secrecy — vulnerability interrupts this
- Authentic expression of serial killers often elicits the support that reduces it
Brené Brown's Research Relevance to Serial Killers
Brown's research shows that people with high levels of shame (common in serial killers) avoid vulnerability — which paradoxically increases shame and serial killers. Courage to be vulnerable interrupts this cycle.
Practicing Vulnerability with Serial Killers
Start small: share one authentic feeling with one trusted person. The feared negative response usually doesn't materialize — and when it doesn't, confidence in vulnerability builds.