Why don't we men support each other?

When we men are suffering and going through hard times we have no one to rely on or even talk to right? I was just thinking, why don't we ever talk and support each other? Its clear we can't open up to women even if they say we can but bros understand bros. We know what each other goes through. We understand the pain and hardships, we can relate and empathize. So why do we ignore each other? I'm not trying to be melodramatic or anything, its not like I've suffered trauma or loss of a loved one but I do understand pain. I understand loneliness, feeling worthless or unwanted, feeling like you're not enough that you'll never amount to anything, feeling that all the work and effort you put in is wasted and goes unnoticed. I've had sort of a crappy year, sort of why I'm spilling my guts. I wouldn't say I've had a great life but neither have I had a terrible life, I'd say more of a drab and mundane life. Devoid of meaning and purpose, just grinding away, stuck on survival mode.

LordShadowfire · M

During the course of my anger management group therapy, they introduced the concept of the "man box". It's a box in which many men live, because they think that the only possible definition of a man is someone who fits the stereotypes kept in the box.

One of those stereotypes is that men don't have feelings. Men who are sensitive, show their emotions, or talk about their emotions are called sissies or worse.