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[–] camelbeard@lemmy.world 39 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Also it's not manly to share your life with a friend apparently.

I'm 40+ and a couple of months ago started therapy. I didn't even knew I needed therapy, went with my wife for couple therapy and it quickly turned into personal therapy.

What I learned after some tests is that I fall into the top 4% of men who are emotional closed off. This is pretty extreme, but maybe the worst part is, I never even knew. This is the stereotype we teach boys, men don't have emotions, they don't talk about emotions, etc.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Don’t you cry or I’ll give you something to cry about.

[–] Condiment2085@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] camelbeard@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thanks, it's kind of weird how much change this made in a few months. It also really changed my relationship with my parents and made it less superficial. Can highly recommend to dig in your own past a bit and see what you pushed way down, and actually deal with it.

[–] Condiment2085@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Thanks for the recommendation. I know it's something I need to do but I don't have the funds right now - working on that though!

I do meditation, journalling, but I know there's more to mental health than what you can do on your own.