Avoiding Your Emotions Always Catches Up

Episode Description

Welcome to the conversation. In this solo episode of The Men’s Mental Health Series, I talk about something many men struggle with but rarely discuss. Learning how to feel your emotions without being consumed by them. We all have emotions, and avoiding them or pushing them down might feel easier in the moment, but it always catches up.

In this episode, I share why sitting with your emotions, processing them, and choosing how to channel them is a critical skill. Especially for men who have spent years numbing, avoiding, or running from what they feel. I talk about how suppressed emotions often show up as anger, frustration, or destructive behaviors later in life, usually in our thirties and forties.

I also discuss the balance between traditional expectations of masculinity and emotional awareness. You do not have to choose one extreme or the other. Strength and emotional awareness can coexist, and the right mix looks different for everyone. This episode is about starting that process, often with the hardest conversation of all, the one you have with yourself.

This podcast exists to help start conversations that many relationships were never built to support. Whether you are a man trying to understand your own emotional world or someone who wants to support the men in your life, this episode is an invitation to slow down, reflect, and begin doing this work in a healthier way.

Disclaimer

This podcast is designed to get conversations started around your mental and emotional health and is not intended to be medical advice. Please contact your medical and or mental health professional before starting any program. No one on this podcast is a mental health professional.

If you are in the United States and need immediate help, please contact the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988. If you are in immediate danger, call 911 right away.

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