When Men Talk About Their Emotions, the World Is A Safer Place
Medium | 08.01.2026 19:41
When Men Talk About Their Emotions, the World Is A Safer Place
Lessons I’ve learned about power and vulnerability
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Most men are like coiled up springs ready to explode at any moment.
That’s why there’s nothing scarier than a man who doesn’t show his emotions. Because they’re in there. They exist. And they’re slowly coiling up until there’s nowhere else for them to go except out.
Sadly, most of the world knows how that ends.
Anger is the easiest emotion for men to access, but it masks something deeper
Anger makes a lot of sense. It’s easy to express, requires the least amount of vulnerability, and the results are satisfying in the short term. However, in my experience, it often covers up deeper emotions such as sadness and grief.
Underneath the anger I carried toward my Dad was a sadness about what life could have been. My rage was a deep grief that was too big to feel so I swallowed it down and placed it on top of years of guilt, shame, and anger.
