They say that men aren’t suppose to cry, that were strong, that only weak men show emotion and that we should just toughen up and get over it. This is how society in New Zealand view the male species.
What happens to a man when all he’s known his whole life is that men don’t talk about there feelings only women do that. What happens to a man that has been hiding how he feels pushing all those emotions down, compressing it until its nearly ready to explode. What happens to a man to afraid to cry because of what people might say about him.
Ill tell you what that man does, he puts on a fake smile everyday, even though he’s struggling to stay above the water his emotions are drowning him in. He hides behind jokes, he does his daily task like any person should, except he is an empty shell inside. He has so many tine cracks that one little thing can shatter him in to pieces but he hides it from the world so that no one else can see the pain he’s in.
He can’t talk to anyone because he has no idea what to say. he wants the pain to go but instead of letting it out he pushes it deeper inside until it has no where else to go. the more the pain get compressed inside the more it starts to consume you until your left a broken.
A man will drown in his emotions before he will ask for help. A man will let it consume him and lie to everyone around him before he ask for help. A man will put on a fake smile and say I’m ok to make others around him safe and not have to deal with the pain he is in. A man will end his life before he ask another person for help.
Mental health is real and people shouldn’t take it lightly. So next time your relaxing with your mate, your partner, your brother, your son or your father ask him are you ok and is there anything i can do to ease your pain.
from,
Behindthemask