Ever had an emotional breakdown?

[K.I.L.E.R]

But your name isn't Kyle Bennet is it? :?

yes

kyle would SHET a brick if he heard someone claiming to be him were saying the things I say...

I bet you can post your pic online and say "My name is Kyle Bennet, I love using lipstick". I can see all those e-mails coming in to Kyle's inbox. Freaky guys and middle aged perverts hitting on him.

 

[ByteMe]

I think I might have one right now... K.I.L.E.R, would you give me a hug?

 

[Sabastian]

Natoma, you pansy. Next I expect you will be suggesting the men ought to get in touch with their feminine side FFS. Truth be known, I wasn't and my parents said no such thing to me, ever. I don't disagree that at times like your recent experience it can be positive but as a result it also can be habit forming, which is a terrible thing because instead of coping with the problem effectively the person with the problem becomes depressed and less empowered to deal with what ever the matter is. Anyhow I got no time for this I have a 15 hour day ahead of me.

bah, drop the macho-man act... all men are just scared little boys inside if you find the right spot to break their shell, and I seem to be pretty good at finding it . and as for that crying crap- i could give you a trainload of psychologists, psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, and therapists that will tell you the opposite. not being able to get your emotions out and deal with them can lead to lots of problems (you might want to refer to my posts on serial killer/child molestor psychology.)

On pain of conscience I mustn't let your supposition go uncontested. This whole "suppression of emotions" willy nilly bullshit has nothing to do with child molesters or serial killers. It is unadulterated psycho babble in the highest degree. Lets get this straight the reasoning behind these types of behaviors is not directly linked to emotional anything in any absolute terms, in fact they really are not sure of the source of these perversions and abhorrent behaviors such as serial killers. If indeed this supposed "suppression of emotion" is the source then surely serial killers and child molesters would be in every house where men reside. Over the past thirty years this bullshit has been attempting to direct the male psyche towards a more female model of less aggression and the use of emotion outpouring as some sort of crutch in the replacement of what often is justifiable anger. To little or no avail I might add. In fact even though this is psychological bullshit is being thoroughly dumped on males and masculinity in general it has no effect on these male trespasses of morality. For those who point to the psychological community as some sort of ultimate or absolute truth on these matters I recommend a book by Doctor. Tana Dineen "Manufacturing Victims".(You really ought to read this book before using psychology as some general reference.)

This crap about men being "scared little boys inside" is more of the same garbage. People who deal with problems directly and aggressively are far better off and this garbage about canned emotions is simply that. Indeed mayhap on that same coin of suppressed emotions suppressed anger could have an equally damaging effect could it not? Further your assumption that I am simply invoking a machismo sentiment is fallacy as well. You don't consider that possibly I was once very expressive in my emotions even cried when faced with problems suffering from depression in bouts of 6 months plus. Hows that for a "macho-man act"? It wasn't until I realized that I had to deal with my problems and believe in my own ability to effect my environment that I was able to come out from under that rock I might add. In that there was less crying and more action even a certain amount of anger and aggression. Indeed going from an introverted emotional wreck to a more balanced more extraverted aggressive stance has been a very positive development for me in that process I learned that crying is nothing but an expression of weakness and hopelessness at best. Also now rearing children I can see that they use crying as a means of manipulation to get a desired outcome. Indeed a fully grown male that cries as a means of dealing with their problems may very well be an expression of immaturity.

Don't bother with all your flaky links to the psycho babble you made reference to earlier, I don't see them as legitimate authorities particularly in the face of my own ability to overcome adversity most effectively by simply believing in myself. BTW when I look in the mirror I see myself as a whole not some willy nilly scared boy deep down but a little of everything I have experienced including having been a scared boy, a confident adult male, an adolescent etc…. Not exclusively deep down a scared boy. So, I say poppycock to your reasoning in its entirety. I say by forcing males to behave like women you could possibly create nothing but confusion in males and wholesale disillusionment of just what being a grown man ought to be about. This might interest some guys here including yourself BTW, I have found that women like confidence and strength this is no secret in reality but it is the perception that men have to be expressive of their emotions (in particular crying) in order to be "evolved" or acceptable by females that is pure bullshit as well. In reality they hold a fair amount of distain for males that behave like females.(heh, so do I.) Females in truth like confidence if that makes me a "macho-man" then so be it but I wouldn't consider it the same sort of "macho man" that the village people wanted to be.

PS: BTW I am apologetic for the belated response, I simply haven't had the time for this sort of thing.

 

[Tahir2]

Nice rant Sabastian.. would you like to talk about this more?

Haha no one is forcing men to behave like women (I hear the women are working on this though)...
Men been crying for aeons, ever since Eve was created I bet
Some men cry easier than others men, some men just simply dont cry.

As for your comments on scared boys, willy nilly shit, psychoanalysts and their psychobabble I got to say I agree with you 100% Sabastian.

Serial killers are nutters, not men who can't cry/wont cry.

Sage: I 'can't cry' (oh no I need therapy!!!) ...I only ever cried about 2 times in the last 6 years, and I aint no stinking psycho and if anyone disagrees I'll chop them up into tiny peices and feed 'em to the dawgs .... see I'm a well adjusted adult.

 

[Sabastian]

Nice rant Sabastian.. would you like to talk about this more?

lol, not really. Sometimes though I get sick of all the bullshit. Sages post has weighed on my mind ever since he posted it and I simply haven't had the time to reply. Sometimes a man has to express his feelings.