Will men ever have a real talk with each other?

Today I will be answering question 2 for my blog post. 

I do feel like society as a whole wants men to show less emotion and be protectors. I think it's something that men all struggle with. In my close group of guy friends, even though we are very close, we rarely ever have a real heart to heart. Most of our conversations include screaming, making sexual jokes, talking about our fantasy team’s performances yesterday, clowning a rappers lyrics. And while these things are great, it's never about our true emotions and we are all pressured by each other to always be happy or funny in an unhealthy way. This is why I find it very hard to tell the people I’m closest to my raw emotions. If something terrible happens to me, I have to bottle it up and deal with it myself. I feel like I would ruin some sort of group dynamic, but I bet my friends all feel the same as well. Everyone deals with negative emotions. It's a part of everyday life. 

One day, I mustered the courage to talk to one of my friends. Like a real talk.  I told them about something I was going through and the reaction was not bad at all. It was actually very good. I found it comforting talking about something I was struggling with to someone. It made me feel so good in fact I told another and another. Every guy I told had no negative reaction. None of them discredited my feelings or made me feel like less of a “man”. A few of them even told me about stuff they were going through. I think opening up about emotions really helped bring me closer to these people even if it's just one real talk.

I still struggle with showing real emotions. I still think I need to deal with problems myself and let my emotions bottle up, but I think I am headed in the right direction. 

NOW WATCH JUSTIN BALDONI TALK ABOUT WHAT I TALKED ABOUT BUT BETTER. Start at 5:57.

https://youtu.be/Cetg4gu0oQQ?t=358