Are men more difficult with their feelings than woman?

[Akam93]

[Rosexøxø]

Dealing with sadness and anger- yes because it’s looked down upon, but that’s behavioral usually, or if they express they’re sad.

Can they communicate it? If they’re self aware. I think most men don’t always acknowledge their emotions, and spend a lot of time in the coping arenas. They spend a lot of their time trying to have fun or coping when they feel distressed.

It only poses a problem when they can’t convey this to their s. o. In a relationship and she wants to know why they’re distressed, and if the coping is unhealthy or it’s not entirely helping.

Then authorities, licensed professionals, mentors, or life coaches or even family members need to help him find healthier coping mechanisms that aren’t addictive or that are addictive but healthy I suppose. 🤔

If the coping mechanism isn’t helping then he would need to find a new one, and she should be in full support of that and be willing to join him on those ventures and living life doing things about it, instead of just sitting and talking/discussing it.

Identify it, yes… but don’t indulge and marinate in it… that’s no way to live.

Men and women present helpful contributions to emotions/self awareness/ and living healthy.

I think it all depends on the individual and their self awareness and communication skills- which will determine how well they can convey/express what they’re feeling.

I don’t think it’s too much of a gender thing.

[Anonymous]

You know men and women are not that much different. Men have a feeling and sometimes they want to get fucked.

[Anpu23]

The problem is that men and women emote differently. That women seem to expect guys to react to emotional stimulation the same way that they do. Under FMRI it has been shown that in women emotional response is tied to the centers for communication and in men it has been shown that emotions are tied to the centers for action. So guys naturally act their emotions while women talk their emotions. Not saying guys can't talk about how they feel, nor can women act out how they feel, but base reactions in a biological way are very different.

So this creates a profound misunderstanding about emotions. Of course guys have emotions and act on them. Just not in the way some women expect.

[asphaltrhymes]

Some men. I for one am more of a lovey-dovey guy especially if I'm with my woman (if I had a girlfriend, lol). 😈 But average men to most men, are usually cold as mountain boulders. I prefer just being me, which is a lot more trendier than the average man. 👿😋

[Zoe003]

Do you have any advice that would help cold mountain boulder men open up, especially after being hurt in their past by other girls?

[PhenomenalQueen]

I have the same question as Zoe.

[Avicenna]

I think it's more about how good of a communicator you are

[TalynMere]

Communication is a two-way street. People are all bad with feelings.

I would say that modern culture leads women to think they're more emotionally aware and knowledgeable, but both sexes have been pretty clueless about both their own feelings and the feelings of others.

Modern culture also leads men to be derided for expressing their emotions so they simply don't as much as possible, or get very strategic with it.

It's more about understanding the person and the kinds of ways they may hide their emotions and the reasons for it. Some issues are minor and obvious, some are deeply rooted and can't be approached casually.

[TalynMere]

Actually, calling it a two-way street isn't accurate enough.

It can be hard for some to accept, but someone getting mad and not wanting to talk about their feelings is the fault of *both* people. Failure to communicate is always the responsibility of both people always. Get bent out of shape about who is better at it or who's right or wrong misses the entire point about open, honest, emotional communication.

[CreatingWonders]

I don’t talk about how I feel as I know no one cares, I keep everything locked inside and when asked how I am I’m always fine even if I’m dying inside I’m still fine.


I used to try to open up but got shot down or laughed at, my ex before I broke it off told me to talk to her about how I felt and tell me if there’s anything she did that I didn’t like I did I told her how I felt I told her what she did that I didn’t like and she went mental and started yelling at me and blaming me for everything (she’s a narcissist, I found out a lot later in the nightmare) so now I just keep my mouth shut.

[Juxtapose]

I care! I know we're strangers but is there not a baseline love for our fellow humans?

"Not normally."

Those are the fallen, I am talking about those with Light within them. Cultivate that light within you, light other people up with that light and you will have more of the world you want.

[JSmuve]

Oh for sure. It's because of social conditioning. Despite what women say, they only want a guy to open up in a way that is emotionally satisfying to her. Unfortunately, this leaves a guy feeling emotionally unsatisfied. Women aren't very good at dealing with men's emotions. They either don't listen, invalidate what the guy is feeling, offer little support, shame him, lose attraction for him, or get angry at him because now she feels inadequate. All of this just communicates to the man that he should not open up and keep up a facade. But, speaking as a man who historically closes off, keeping everything inside just takes a toll on you. It's a prison that breeds resentment.

[ShadezMcgee]

We process it differently than women. We also k ow that no one gives two fucks about us when we are struggling or emotionally distraught. Women will resent and see us as weak if we try to tall about them.

There is a reason we bottle it up. There is a reason we drink to suppress it. No one fucking cares about our problems at the end of the day.

[rupam_das]

There's line " Only Dogs, Women & Childrens can be loved unconditionally"

People will cares for you when you provide things, otherwise they wouldn't even know you are exist or not

[Gent207-2]

Society and culture punishes us for crying even at funerals.

So yes it's especially difficult for us to express ourselves. God forbid in a serious long term relationship we express desire for intimacy at a time in which the feelings are not mutual. Also for the sake of argument let's presume that there is NOTHING circumstantial or otherwise to hinder fulfillment.

[GainToo]

What do you mean by difficult? Do you mean it's harder to understand their feelings? Or that it's harder for them to show their feelings? If so, do you consider that a bad thing? If that's what you mean, the answer is it depends. Some women are going to be more "difficult" with their feelings than some men. Based on my personal experience alone though, men are more difficult with their feelings.

[LiamJHayden]

I am in that I do not trust my feelings to give me a proper view of reality. Because of this, I always step back and make a list of pluses and minuses. This method is probably why I tend to date "girl-next-door" sweetheart-types rather than any of the parade of bikini queens who stroll on the boardwalk past my back patio.

[dragoblack]

Considering many women don't actually want to listen to his feelings and problems... which is the sad truth. Many men find it easier to keep their feelings to themselves than try to tell it to someone else who doesn't want to listen, treat them as a sensitive crybaby, and/or be there for them emotionally.

[WanderingLoveWizard]

I've met women that were like talking to a brick wall. I could poor my heart out and couldn't get an ounce of feeling back.
It really depends on the person, but overall I guess I'd say yes

[Anonymous]

Suicide rates are higher for men all over the world, because men supress their emotions for fear of society, Our emotional part are not as strong as women, so we feel little hard to control the pain, especially when society doesn't allow us express the spoil parts of ours.

[Juxtapose]

Yes, because we communicate very directly and people don't say they care about our feelings so we often assume they don't.

Why share feelings if we feel like people don't care? Therein lies the problem.

[itsalyssaagain]

Yes they are because they don’t know how to open up nor even comprehend what they’re feeling. They just GHOST or get ANGRY

[lightbulb27]

yes, we are not as in tune like females, different...

[Anonymous]

Yea I can’t open my legs for him until he opens up that pretty little mind and lets me fuck with those thoughts

[Tedster420]

Yes, I find it harder to express my feelings especially when I get mixed signals from the partner

[NostalgiaSenpi]

I usually keep them to myself. Nobody really wants to hear how I feel most of the time anyway.

[noohair]

I have found that women don't know what they want except for things they can't have. So I will tolerate the insanity if it benefits me.

[TrillXHippy]

Yes I have a difficult time with my feelings because who actually freaking cares

[Juxtapose]

It really feels that way sometimes but just because people don't say it out loud doesn't mean they don't care.

[Reem12345reem]

u can always find online friends to share your feelings with

[Rizwan_khan]

I think wome are more difficult with their feelings then men.