As a guy who’s half European and half Arabian, no I don’t feel comfortable expressing emotions or feelings. Each time I have done that, I get shit for it back.
“Man up”, “that’s just life” and “I know you’ll push through it”. Is what I hear. They rather have me be aggressive than to be emotional more often than not. While I’m trying to get rid of my anger issues.
So instead of expressing emotions, I just put it all in a diary. Never thought I’d be using one but it truly helps.
Relatable; as guy who grew up in a Chinese household, I always get told: “男子漢大丈夫，流血不流淚” (Think it translates to: True men can let their blood bleed and will not shred their tears… ?)
So that how I got interested in writing poetry and listening to music… very emotional and sometimes outright depressing music
As a guy who’s half European and half Arabian, no I don’t feel comfortable expressing emotions or feelings. Each time I have done that, I get shit for it back.
“Man up”, “that’s just life” and “I know you’ll push through it”. Is what I hear. They rather have me be aggressive than to be emotional more often than not. While I’m trying to get rid of my anger issues.
So instead of expressing emotions, I just put it all in a diary. Never thought I’d be using one but it truly helps.
Relatable; as guy who grew up in a Chinese household, I always get told: “男子漢大丈夫，流血不流淚” (Think it translates to: True men can let their blood bleed and will not shred their tears… ?)
So that how I got interested in writing poetry and listening to music… very emotional and sometimes outright depressing music