Vulnerability

 Road to Damascus Articles no.4 [2--3 minutes of reading]

Wednesday, 29 July 2026​

Note to Readers: This edition explores complex human emotions and taboo topics, including substance abuse, trauma, and intimacy, through an analytical and creative lens. Please read with care.

All photo credits: Pinterest 

'Vulnerability' in Raw Emotions

Egocentric/Prideful:

This picture shows Hazal Türesan in the turkish series " Fazilet Hanım ve Kızları " playing the role of Yasemin. Yasemin is an arrogant woman who feels powerful by her husband's money and gains status when she arrives in the family.Looking from a perspective, we would all assume she's the antagonist. She's IN FACT THE ANTAGONIST. But for a deep literature analyst, she may not appear like one.

In the show, she was indeed very brutal. The ultimate in the series. She told harsh words when somebody's mother died or even made someone go to jail. But the audience is here to quickly judge and blame her.

In reality, no one knew she suffered. She gave birth to a mute girl. Who was here when she needed it the most? No-one came to recomfort her when she had a bad day. Then, this solitude perhaps anger turned into something more powerful. She may have or have not come from a modest family but this is the most striking part of it.

When you see someone showing off, people quickly notices how he/she acts. Buying Valentino or Gucci bags,dressing immodestly or drinking Vodka, a shopping bag on the other hand or a cold look. But that's how they truly miss out on the humane aspects. There is indeed the vulnerable side just how like we see Yasemin.

However, I'm not here to encourage to be of such that attitude neither am I telling you to do so. But if we people analysed deeply, we wouldn't be so ' pin-point ' He/She may be suffering from a profound hurted trauma as well which then cause you to be narcissistic.

This 'he/she' has pain. To cover the pain, they show off. They have a pleasure to spend on money. They want the spotlight because somewhere they were the ones who were ISOLATED. That is why they turn out to be prideful. Maybe, they also didn't mean that as we see in some episodes after, Yasemin was the one crying out in her room ALONE. Showing pride was her way to remove all that frustration. 

So indeed readers, when you see someone acting in this way, pray for them and their heart shall find a true light. It is understandable to feel like you're the " under " but this part of the article showed vulnerability in showing off. It does not mean the person wanted to find him/herself in this particular situation, but ISOLATION, FRUSTRATION or TRAUMA made them became ONE.

Addictive

Addiction is the most insane thing that can happened to you. When you feel pain, you feel the euphoria as you've just taken your Fentanyl. It feels amazing, hallucinating but it is NOT a snub from Lady Luck. 

When I observe drug dealers, I see an innocence in them. An innocence which was taken away. The saddle in being an addictive is that yesterday you were normal, today you're outrageous. If you do see an addict like my perspective, you're truly the most brilliant. As I say, be like a Shakespeare and analyse the roots deeply. 

People become addicts because of LONELINESS, TRAUMA or FRUSTRATION. Loneliness because there was no one to stop you. Your parents were alcoholic and drug dealers themselves. Trauma then got installed as you were suffering emotionally and then came frustration, when your peers told you to consume something but at the exact same time, you were annoyed BUT did it anyway.

The vulnerability in there is this escape of your environment. You wanted to escape and you found an escapade swimming with colours but a tragedy one.

Readers, I am not encouraging you to go take drugs and get arrested. I'm showing you the vulnerability in being an addict. When you think, they too were normal but chose the wrong paths maybe not as an envy but look where the mesmerising hours brought them.

We should indeed pray for addicts, so as to not make other people walk into the same direction. Pray for addicts, so that their lives get better. When they realise, it is too late. But at least you prayed dear readers.

The vulnerability here is WANTING TO ESCAPE a difficult situation in life. Running away from this 'environment at home 'trauma ; a syringe is enough to make you FALL. 

Intimate

Intimacy is a relaxation. When someone hits the climax, he/she feels the rapid urge that happy hormones are controlling them. Time stops, the darkness of the night invades leaving just two people to love each other intimately.

Dear lovely readers, you may never see me have written in this way before, but I do. I write about things very openly because this is what we learn in Sex Education. As a youthful writer, I am delighted on expressing my 'free-taboo' mind. 

When two people go intimate, it's not just about kissing or touching. There is also here, the VULNERABILITY of those two individuals. She had been waiting this moment for so long because she had maladaptive daydreaming. He had been waiting for so long because perhaps, he had an abusive mother which was never on her side.

There is this deep VULNERABILITY in intimacy which is about WANTING SOMEONE TO REALLY CONNECT WITH.

As their lips collide, he graps his crispy hands on her hips to forget about his past. They feel the nakedness in the blankets and at this stage, they have sex.

Every little nots- her dealing with maladaptive daydreaming while him with his mother finally breaks down. They feel the breath of each other's while placing the hand in the hair.

So indeed readers, we should pray so that their love stay like that at all time. Whether they bargain a little, at least they're accomplishing something together.

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"The audience is invited to deeply watch the vulnerability in these emotions. Though there are so many emotions which play a role, we should not forget that each and every feeling whether its happiness, disgust or whatsoever have a deeper purpose on why you feel like this at the moment. While pride, addiction and intimacy may feel like a loud room, we should accept that VULNERABILITY in these are either negative or positive emotions. 

Finally, as seen all the topics written, vulnerability has three things in common 'Loneliness' , 'Frustration' and 'Trauma'. That is why I presented the pictures in black and white. Readers are advise to question about themselves and their surroundings, so as to really know "VULNERABILITY "

-L.M.A 

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