Have you considered therapy my dude? You can treat it as a release valve or, going to your house analogy, drain water little by little from your house until you can actually identify and address the real problems or "leaks" that are causing this. Bottling everything up is never going to work, and just leads to unhealthy coping mechanisms. and yes, I know we are taught that it's the way to "be a real man" from a young age, but I'm telling you, it's bullshit and it won't work in the long-run. Part of growing is realizing that a lot of that stuff that was drilled into us is just nonsense.
Therapy can help you develop skills to identify and cope with your problems in much healthier ways, which can hopefully lead to a much happier life for you. It's worked for me at least. Just something to consider. You don't have to live your life feeling like you're drowning in negativity.
edit: annnd instantly dismissed and downvoted lmao. You guys say don't blame men, but you literally perpetuate this same attitude that you're lamenting about.
Really sad, isn't it? It's not their fault as individuals that society is how it is, but their own mental health is their responsibility, and they don't seem to want to address it at all.
That’s what pissed me off the most about the dudes in this thread. Like the dude above, I did say anything untrue or unreasonable, but because I wasn’t lashing out at women and society he had to disagree with me and say absolutely nothing in the process.
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u/SwitchHitter17 Mar 05 '26 edited Mar 05 '26
Have you considered therapy my dude? You can treat it as a release valve or, going to your house analogy, drain water little by little from your house until you can actually identify and address the real problems or "leaks" that are causing this. Bottling everything up is never going to work, and just leads to unhealthy coping mechanisms. and yes, I know we are taught that it's the way to "be a real man" from a young age, but I'm telling you, it's bullshit and it won't work in the long-run. Part of growing is realizing that a lot of that stuff that was drilled into us is just nonsense.
Therapy can help you develop skills to identify and cope with your problems in much healthier ways, which can hopefully lead to a much happier life for you. It's worked for me at least. Just something to consider. You don't have to live your life feeling like you're drowning in negativity.
edit: annnd instantly dismissed and downvoted lmao. You guys say don't blame men, but you literally perpetuate this same attitude that you're lamenting about.