I’m always the one pretending to be okay, strong for my family, hide my feelings, my hurt, my pain. I just want someone close to me, who sees me stressed, to ask me
If I’m okay. I’m tired of hearing “get over it”… “you’ll be okay”… “don’t worry about it”. I just want to be heard. 

The stigma of being a man and not being able to have feelings is slowly killing me, making me overthink my relationships, my friendships, my job. 

Sometimes when I’m alone I think about ending it all, running away, forgetting about everyone and everything I’ve ever loved, just to try and feel some sort of true happiness that I haven’t felt in a long time. But that won’t fix anything. And I’m
More afraid of hurting other and honestly that’s why I’m still here.