MCV 30 Under 30 2021 
At our lowest, the actions that can help us can seem unappealing, even repellant. The important thing is that we do them anyway.
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know that saying "a man who shows his pain is weak" or however it goes, i feel like thats a norm ive learnt and live by , and as much as i know its absolute BS, its weird to put myself and my own issues first, because its so unhuman to me, like i often feel guilty for being happy
I’ve never heard that before. But you know what? It’s bullshit. Showing vulnerability, especially for a lot of men, I think, in the current ‘man up’ culture, is incredibly difficult, but also admirable and a necessary step towards healing.
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I wonder if it’s a British thing, but here we seem to see adversity as almost a good thing. Someone who’s overcome adversity is admired, and rightly so. But also I think it’s lead some to believe that adversity is desirable and necessary in order to be admired.
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Nobody claps you on the back for being happy and having had nothing to overcome. And let’s face it, we all like a clap on the back. I’m NOT saying that people don’t genuinely struggle, and I’m not saying people fake. I’m saying that this might be a contributing factor to why we
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yeah this whole idea of men who show their weakness are weak and should man up, it annoys tf outta me but its like its all society wants us to do, maybe its why ive become norm to this type of feeling, and hate asking for helppic.twitter.com/9LqmHCHnQ0
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Yeah this is toxic masculinity, this is what we’ve gotta fight against, just like we’ve gotta fight against the pressure on women to be thin, to be conventionally sexy, to be submissive when treated unfairly. It’s gonna stick around for a while, but we can chip away at it.
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