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How teams maintain authentic vulnerability without emotional pressure

Our startup team does monthly vulnerability circles that were amazing at first but lately they feel performative and I'm wondering if we've created a culture where people feel pressured to share trauma to fit in.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Institutionalizing emotional openness can paradoxically create pressure to perform vulnerability rather than experience it.

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