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Our misunderstanding and suppression of sensitive young boys is killing far too many young men.
It's mens health week & if we really want to look at prevention then we all need to look at how we interact with young boys.
Our misunderstanding and suppression of sensitive young boys is killing far too many young men.
It's mens health week & if we really want to look at prevention then we all need to look at how we interact with young boys.
"You need to toughen up!"
"You're too sensitive!"
"Be brave"
When young boys show any sensitivity they are taught its weakness. They are taught it is something they need to change.
It happened to me. So I worked on becoming someone else.
"You're too sensitive!"
"Be brave"
When young boys show any sensitivity they are taught its weakness. They are taught it is something they need to change.
It happened to me. So I worked on becoming someone else.
I suppressed my feelings in order to be 'brave'. I worked on being someone else. A tough man.
By my teenage years I was labelled as having 'anger issues'. I didn't have anger issues, I had emotional struggles that I had never had the opportunity to explore that came out as anger
By my teenage years I was labelled as having 'anger issues'. I didn't have anger issues, I had emotional struggles that I had never had the opportunity to explore that came out as anger
By adulthood I was completely emotionally alone.
I drank. I raged. I ran...from myself.
I drank. I raged. I ran...from myself.
I believe countless men build a life around a character they think they should be and then eventually they can't take it anymore. They are so far removed from their true self they don't know what the hell is going on.
We lose TOO MANY of these men.
My sensitivity is my super power and it nearly killed me. I was lucky. Many aren't.
We must do more.
My sensitivity is my super power and it nearly killed me. I was lucky. Many aren't.
We must do more.
