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Oh, I trust you, I'm not saying you shouldn't do what you love and are great at doing.
I guess as someone that can relate to OP, it's not appropriate to open up about such deep emotional feelings to someone who isn't in a position to handle them, i.e. your coworkers wife, or anyone really that you don't trust more than anything, which for most men is their partner.
Maybe just a platonic massage where a guy can just have a good cry for an hour would help. For me personally though that would be difficult as like I said, trust is huge and I generally want to build that with someone that also wants to continue that. With therapists the trust is legally there so I'm at least more comfortable with that fact with them.
Yes, that's what I specialize in. Platonic massages. They are so healing.
But let me be clear here, I'm just babbling on a discussion forum and I have no hope or intention of meeting anyone here, I'm just discussing how that green text made me feel.
I guess I don't really know what different types of massages are, I've never had one as it doesn't appeal to me. Maybe if men like OP knew about massages that are more about just touch with another person, maybe more emotional release than a like physical therapy massage, then they might seek that. I've never seen or heard of that type of thing. I think it would certainly appeal to a lot of guys, but that's also essential targeting the most difficult demographic you could. It's like the cure is the problem.
Obviously? This is the internet.
Yeah it's inevitable, massage is emotionally healing as well as physically healing, as long as the person allows themselves to completely relax & surrender.
Honestly I've had some clients who stay rigid & talkative the whole time, which makes it impossible for them to relax & feel the physical & emotional benefits but even then it's okay because that's where they are right now, and over time with repeated sessions they will learn how to relax if they want to.
I agree. The man behaved inappropriately. The question is whether a man who behaves inappropriately should then he ostracized as a result, or whether people who are doing better should learn to ride out the discomfort from the inappropriate behavior.
It’s all a personal choice. Nobody should ever be forced into helping. But for each person, cultivating the ability to help will lead to a more meaningful life.
I really like helping people, and I guess I have whatever it is that makes people so comfortable opening up to me. I get that I have the ability to help so many people, but honestly, holy shit is it tiring. People just open up and tell me so much, it's exhausting knowing so much about people. Like at work everyone opens up to me about whatever is stressing them out, other coworkers, family, outside things I have no reason to know. If anything, letting people trauma dump is easy, it's carrying that information afterwards. They go back to just walking around behaving the same but I know everyones secrets as to why they aren't.