That is the nature of vulnerability. It does make everything seem like bullets hitting it.
But the flip side of the coin is that it also enhances everything else you feel. The positives.

Disappointed and heartbroken, but not utterly devastated, thankfully. I've accepted it as a part of life. All things, both good and bad, must come to an end.

not yet. but vulnerability is the only authentic state. or so I'm told.

Yes it does seem to happen that way.