Tag: emotional vulnerability

This meme uses a pun on the phrase "open up" for humorous effect. It opens with a text conversation between a therapist and a patient: the therapist encourages the patient to open up more (meaning be more emotionally vulnerable), the patient states they cannot, the therapist asks why, and the patient says they will visualize the reason. Below the text is a photograph of a kitchen cabinet with glass doors, where a white plate is stuck halfway out of the dish rack, physically unable to be pulled out/opened up due to being misaligned, acting as a visual metaphor for the patient's inability to be emotionally vulnerable.

Therapist Asks To Open Up Visualized With Stuck Dish

This meme uses a pun on the p…

The meme features text at the top that reads 'When you've been thru a lot and built many layers to protect your heart', paired with a close-up photo of a cross-cut red onion. The concentric rings of the onion surround a small naturally occurring heart shape at its core, serving as a visual metaphor for people who build emotional barriers after going through hardships to protect their soft, vulnerable inner heart.

Onion Layers Protecting Vulnerable Heart Meme

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Relatable Tweet Complaining About Sharing Feelings

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This two-panel relatable meme plays on the emotional experience of someone with mental illness hearing a promise that they won't be abandoned when their symptoms flare. The left panel shows a close-up of one person whispering into another person's ear, representing someone saying the promise line at the top of the image. The right panel shows a close-up of a human arm covered in raised goosebumps, representing the overwhelming, emotional reaction of hearing this genuine promise after being abandoned by others in the past during difficult mental health episodes.

I Won't Abandon You When Your Mental Illness Acts Up Meme

This two-panel relatable meme…