How do I stop doubting men’s emotions?
Logically I know that men have feelings too, but I struggle to believe it. I don’t even know how to explain it. It always feels unreal, sometimes performative or manipulative all sorts of things that I know are simply not true.
It keeps me from forming real connections with amazing people bc I just don’t know how to act around them. A lot of times I feel like I have to force empathy towards men bc I get stuck in disbelief.
I thought that if I keep telling myself that men have feelings too, I would naturally start believing it too. But I’ve been doing this since I was in my teens, and I’m not sure I’ve made much progress. Getting to a point where I think that I have to just accept it as it is.
How do I start seeing men’s vulnerabilities the same way I see women’s? More natural and real