I know. There are plenty of annoying men who whine and complain endlessly, many about trivial or nonsensical things – and I have a mountain of DMs to prove it. But, taken as a group, I genuinely think men generally complain less than women do. Because for every whiny man who won’t shut up, I know many more who keep their feelings, annoyances, and pain, to themselves, when they ought not to. Not because they don’t want to share, or wouldn’t benefit from doing so; but they were never taught how, or shown compassion when they did, and simply don’t want to worry or burden others with what they’re going through. So they are alone with their pain: rarely talking or sharing, going to the doctors, causing a fuss, or telling people when they don’t feel well, or are in danger. Instead, such men quietly pick up bricks of isolation, walling themselves off, and with their head down and mouth shut, they just keep going alone. “I just ignore the problem, and hope I don’t die”, one man once told me, when asked why he rarely saw a doctor. This apathetic approach by men is usually, as it often is, the subject of ridicule, scoffs, jeers, and eye rolls, anything but compassion, and anything but well-meaning attempts to understand more. So why do so many men complain so little? Why do so many never make a fuss, when they really ought to? Well, I’d like to ask you to find out – Why do men complain less? #guytalk #mensmentalhealth #malesuicideawareness #mensissues

2024-04-24