Is it safe to say that most women don't understand their emotions? Hence the term emotional support, what does it mean exactly to you personally?

[Mofunfour20]

What do women mean when they say emotional support? there's quite a few emotions (happy, sad, anxiety, depression). Emotional support seems ambiguous and implys that men should be therapists but i could be wrong, whats your perspective?

Yes

No

[Xoxocutekitty]

How the heck do men be going around complaining about how hard it is to repress feelings all day and then when you ask how they feeling they use descriptors like alright, I don't know, bored, and angry. 3 of those aren't even emotions lol.

Emotional support is just talking to your friend about how much anxiety you felt about a situation (often in the past) and letting them simply agree with you. Yes, nods, that situation was anxiety provoking.

So often people just interrupt or talk about themselves or tell you what to do. If a girl wants advice, she will specifically say, can I have some advice on 'how to' do this.

When I talk about how stressful it was that the car broke down, I'm not asking you to troubleshoot why the car broke down. I have no interest in 'talking shop' about radiator parts or cooling fluid. I am not asking your advice about my broken car.

I am just talking about my experience and how I felt about it. Honestly a lot of guys don't understand the difference.

Best example I can give is when a guy is talking about how 'great' the sports stats are about a player and a girl is just like, well I think he has good hair. Its unrelated and you want her to ask questions about the players stats to feel like you're having a relevant conversation.

[spuitkaas]

I think we know where our emotions come from quite often. Sometimes not I guess. Emotions are not always rational and for emotional support we don't want to hear solutions. We just want to be heard and that you are empathetic to what we're feeling. That our feelings are valid.
I think a lot of men get uncomfortable when we out our emotions and want us to be happy as fast as possible to get rid of that feeling of being uncomfortable. Then they look at it from a rational perspective and looking for solutions, however, that doesn't work. It just causes us to feel invalidated.
Good chance if you feel uncomfortable with dealing with other people's emotions, you probably aren't in touch with your own emotions.

[Anonymous]

Most people have some big misinterpretations about what emotions are in general. Like they're supposed to be the main guiding force in your life. That's a sure path to misery, which is completely obvious to anyone who can stand back and look objectively at emotional responses and the situations they lead to.

As far as women's idea of emotional support, all it means is that they want someone to echo their emotions back to them for validation. That's why they expect men to sit and listen and provide no insight or input.

[bones0271]

i think it is safe to say that most people dont understand their emotions

[Mofunfour20]

Jesus was never emotional, all logic. As a Christian I strive to be like him but to each their own

[bones0271]

i agree great comment

[hahahmm]

@Mofunfour20 He expressed emotional when he drove the money changers out of the temple BUT it was "righteous" and consistent with the best course of action. The people who just live life according to random emotional impulses have no self-control tho.

[MissGeorgia]

Most of the time, we do. If we are angry we know why. If we are happy, we know why. A person doesn’t need to understand their emotions all the time. It would be exhausting. If we wake up in a certain mood. It is what it is.

Everyone goes through tough times l, and sometimes we need that cuddle, or someone to listen and/or provide an alternative opinion for a situation we are trying to make sense of. That’s what emotional support is. It’s not that we can’t go through it alone, but sometimes it’s a heavy weight to bear.

[SandandWaves]

@missgeorgia She gave the right answer

[Mofunfour20]

Thats exactly what it should be. Solutions to the problem. I think the issue most guys have is that some women dont want a solution, just attention. Countless times this has happened to me and other guys, my theory is that she doesn't want to solve the problem, she just needs you to put her before yourself

[Jazquee]

Emotional support means to support what they are feeling. If they are sad... try to relate and understand why.. be sad for them and try to make it better
If they are happy then be happy
Excited then be excited.
It's not as in-depth as your making it
Just take the emotional part put of sentence and show some love "support "

[Mofunfour20]

If they're sad isn't that a personal feeling? How can I relate or support her if it logically makes no sense to be sad? Be sad because she is sad sounds like I've got to be just as emotional as her, even if im not. Then the guy is a "jerk" because he isn't sad for you. Sometimes being sad isn't logical behavior for men, better for her to explain herself then to expect me to feel the same emotions she does

[Jazquee]

But of she is asking you for it... if you care enough can you not just be empathetic... a shoulder for HER to feel bad on for awhile. Whether or not u understand she needs you to... I guess it's your call.. but again of you love someone enough what wouldn't you do?

[Mofunfour20]

Anyone would if its genuine love, its just contradictory to say you need emotional support yet you just want me to listen. Thats what provokes me to believe she doesn't understand her emotions. I dont think emotionally because valuable things are built from hard work and logic, not emotions. Yet she wants a strong man, its funny to me

[Anonymous]

Women have such a rainbow of emotions and we tend to feel all of them, sometimes at the same time and completely. Our cycle does change our hormones too and that causes a shift in our emotions and causes a slight (sometimes not so slight) imbalance and THAT is when we need the support. Generally we do well with handling our own emotions.

[Ms_Vanderquack]

No, please stop posting stupid shit.

[Anonymous]

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[Mofunfour20]

There would be some merit to your comment if you wernt anonymous. Keep hiding and itll be harder to fulfill your potential. May God be with you

[Opinion Owner]

You’re disgusting garbage. Always remember that. Will be exposing you for being a pedo again tomorrow as well, bye.

[Lionman95]

What makes you call him a pedophile?

[Opinion Owner]

Hey! He said that kids being raped is just a part of life and that the strong will take advantage of the weak. And that that’s ok and just life like a piece of shit

[Opinion Owner]

I have the screenshot and can send it to you or post again

[Lionman95]

Ok sure. But that´s a strong statement I can´t agree. (Referring to the statement, not to you calling him pedophile)

[Opinion Owner]

Exactly

[Opinion Owner]

Asshole.

[Opinion Owner]

@Lionman95 he’s a pedophile who thinks shit is a game. We’ll see who’s playing when I expose him on every platform to the point where someone recognizes who he is. Then his whole life will turn to shit.

[spearheadbt]

Do men do though?

[Mofunfour20]

You answered with a question. Emotional men are not masculine. Who can he protect if he's tender and emotional?

[spearheadbt]

@Mofunfour20 why do you associate emotion with tenderness? Anger is an emotion. Men who think they are not emotional beings are just fooling themselves and/or are narcissistic. Look at all the idiots getting into fights (were you looking at me?) or beating their wives. Or all the guys here complaining about how women acted towards them. If you are purely rational, you don't care about these things. You don't have a f*ing ego.

Heck, a couple of years ago, an economist got the Nobel prize for showing that economic agents (who are at the core of it people, and men for companies) are not rational (really took this long?). Human beings are little more than intelligent animals, we are WAYYY less rational than we like to think. Besides, what about less masculine men? They are still men. You were talking about women, not "unmasculine" people. And why can't "tender" men not be able to protect? There's nothing contradictory about this at all. And come on, we're not living in the jungle anymore. Unless you live in a shithole, you might spend your entire life not having to "protect" anyone. I certainly never had to nor know anyone who had to.

[spearheadbt]

@Mofunfour20
take a look here: https ://simple. wikipedia. org/wiki/ List_of_emotions
lots of emotions masculine guys have are there. Sexual desire being obviously in there. When you let yourself loose, you are not listening to your brain but to your dick because it feels good. Heck, are all those guys who don't wear condoms and end up with STDs rational?

[Mofunfour20]

Your point seems a bit chaotic. Anger is emotion and a man acting in such behavior will look feminine to masculine men. Everyone isn't supposed to like you. Theyre fighting for the strength and admiration they should already have. Fighting to be "strong" is emotional. They do it because they feel weak.

[spearheadbt]

@Mofunfour20
why such a man would look feminine? Because emotions? Why emotions mean feminine? What are you trying to do, look like a though guy? If you tell me you're not emotional, I don't believe you. We're all human beings and none of us are that rational. You're just fooling yourself if you think "men" or "masculine men" somehow are less emotional than women. That's just not true. Heck, you're just inventing stuff here. Whatever you don't like you put in the category "feminine men" to prove your point. It doesn't. You're just making shit up. By the way, you must be real masculine if you put a picture of you without a shirt. Trying to impress girls? Looking for approbation? That's being emotional right there.

[Mofunfour20]

Lol, arguing for arguments sake. God$peed