Vanessa Marin speaks about "vulnerability hangovers" — the uneasy, shame-tinged feelings after sharing something personal. She emphasizes why people choose to share despite nervousness and urges openness to reduce shame and normalize difficult conversations.
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We both experienced a lot of vulnerability, hangovers, sharing something and then realizing like, oh my God, that feels really nerve wracking to put that out there. But I think the reason why we choose to share it is because we do think it is really valuable to be open and honest with people and especially about this topic that does not get talked about enough, that most of us have so much shame and embarrassment around. Like, we want to set an example of, like, hey, you can be brave, you can talk about this stuff, you can put push your comfort zones a little bit.