Most men aren’t taught emotional language. They’re taught:

• Stay strong
• Fix it
• Don’t feel too much
• Be useful, not vulnerable

So what happens when a man feels sad, lost, afraid, ashamed? Often, it gets masked as:

• Anger
• Numbness
• Overworking
• Substance use

What helps:

• Learning the difference between feelings and behaviours
• Having safe space to say “I don’t know what I feel”
• Naming small internal shifts (tension, tightness, heat)
• Working with therapists who don’t expect instant emotional fluency

You don’t need to “talk about your feelings” perfectly. You need to not carry them alone.