Greetings members of this prestigious platform that make life day by day on it. Today I want to participate in the challenge of the week that ecoTrain is proposing regarding what people don't talk about enough? We live immersed in a society where problems, hustle and bustle and diseases are at the surface and sometimes we forget important things that we want and should express but we feel self-conscious.
INTRODUCTION
Being able to express feelings and thoughts with someone around us when something is weighing us down is refreshing for all women and even more so if it is of our emotions. However, can men do or say the same thing? In other words, it makes it easier for them to express their pent up emotions with someone in their life. Why as every human being feels that urgent need to talk to someone not only about sports and other topics in common.
The issue is that men cannot express their feelings as openly as women do because nowadays society tends to label them as weak and may even doubt their manhood, which can lead to depression.
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In this topic we will develop some reasons why it is difficult for men to talk about their feelings and what are the possible side effects of this scenario.
MEN AND THEIR EMOTIONS
As mentioned above, the simple fact that men want to express their emotions can lead society to think that they are homosexuals or that they lack character, without taking into account that like all human beings they lack a basic need, which in this case is to be heard and to show their repressed emotions, which helps them connect with everyone around them and gives them greater self-confidence.
On the contrary, for a man to have the freedom to cry, to talk about his worries, his grudges and disappointments is, in my opinion, a brave thing to do, since it is a proof that they accept each other with their virtues and defects. Even so it is difficult to see or hear that a man cries and if he does he does not want it to be seen or disclosed for fear of what people will say or because he is labeled as a sensitive person, which for men far from being a virtue can become a great defect.
SETTING NEW STEREOTYPES
We are in the XXI century, where society must learn and understand that both men and women have repressed feelings and emotions that must be expressed otherwise we run the risk of becoming frustrated and bitter people who find it difficult to interact with people in their social life and all because of these compressed feelings that embitter their lives and do not let them think clearly.
I particularly think that helping to change this erroneous mentality that men do not cry or do not have feelings is the main solution to modify this lifestyle in which we live, because since childhood we instill in them these phrases "do not cry, that is not for men". Sometimes when we are raising them we tend to make them stronger in character compared to girls, because they are children and we must create the habit of not being vulnerable and let them collapse so easily by external factors.
The above described are the main factors that make it difficult for men today to express their emotions, feelings and even certain thoughts about a problem or situation that concerns them. I hope you enjoy reading this article and if you have anything to comment on it I will gladly read your comments in the corresponding section.
I think this is very true. Although the situation has improved, men are often still not encouraged to express their emotions. Additionally, on a slightly different note, many people don't realize that when men are depressed, their symptoms are often different from those of women. This means that depression in men often goes undiagnosed. Male depression often shows up as irritability, anger, and with physical ailments (See
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depression/in-depth/male-depression/art-20046216for more details.) I suspect this is precisely because men are discouraged from sharing their emotions.
Hi @harlowjourney, thank you for taking your time and reading my topic, this is a problem that occurs daily in our society, however it is not addressed by the people around you due to ignorance and without taking into account the serious consequences of a man living repressed. Greetings and thank you for sharing the information you gave me.
By the way, I don't know whether you noticed my comment after your link on the qotw post. There is a problem with your link. It does not work for some reason. I think it is the hashtag at the end.
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Maybe, this is why it's magical to see a man drawn to a certain woman who always gives him a listening hear Everytime he wants to share his burdens, defeats, pains, and despair.
Well, it's true that Men have been taught to be strong and to protect others right from a tender age and they are told crying is a sign of weakness
I am guilty because I have a small boy around me whom I usually say,
"Don't cry, men aren't supposed to cry" whenever he has a fight with his sister or his mum beats him
Men do have repressed feelings and they need listening ears too.
Hi @iskafan, thanks for taking the time to read my topic, besides how difficult it can be for a man to talk to another man about his emotions and worries, for my concept I think it is easier to talk about it with a woman, besides not only you are guilty of pointing out a child because he cries, I think that group of people can become bigger than we imagine. Greetings
Greetings @sidalim88 the central issue behind all this is the macho society in which we live and which is driven from our mothers and closest family nucleus.
Even in the 21st century, we hear parents say that men do not cry, that men are stronger than women, among other statements that unbalance the balance of gender equity. Entertaining reading, greetings