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 This is solid advice for (non traumatized) teenage boys.

However, if you want to be a real 💯 Man 💪🏼, the way that God intended you to become... you need to be able to sit comfortably with your feminine aspect (emotions: it's a scary word for many men). The strongest male role models that I have had in my life were incredibly high T, but could also cry at appropriate times, happy or sad, and were masters at communication and empathy.

Every human has this psychological/emotional dichotomy of masculine and feminine "energies", the world is not black and white, and if you are not in touch with both aspects and how they are balanced within you, then you are still only half an adult.

Suppression of emotions does not work forever, not without severe negative consequences on you and the ones close to you.

Go build something, create value to others, give from what you are given, MAKE the world a better place and when you get knocked down on your arse so hard that you don't see the way back up, find someone to talk to, preferably a friend or family member, but if they aren't available... maybe a priest/religious leader, failing that... a therapist might work for you? But do be careful... there are wolves in the forest (i.e. therapists just looking for a pay cheque)


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 This is good advice, but I'd just like to point out that, emprically, high Testosterone is strongly and positively associated with communication skills, compassion and normal emotional expression.

That's not something pop psych articles in mainstream media will tell you.

(MSM journalists are as proudly ignorant of endocrinology and neuroscience as they are of economics and physics. ) 
 Thank you very much for this input! You're absolutely correct on all accounts here 😅 
 Well said. We are not the women and we shouldn't be one. While we need to be able live with one being a man 👌
For that we need to cultivate intuition, show empathy, talk about feelings, basically learn from women what they have 😁 
 Amen! Always seek to raise you concious awareness 💪🏼 
 Agree that men should talk their shit out more, but this does not require therapy. Just real meaningful friendships. 
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