EP 83 - Men Have Emotions. We Just Learned to Hide Them

UNMASKED with Wesley Farnsworth · Aug 25, 2026 · 17m

A lot of men didn't stop feeling emotions. They learned how to hide them. “Stop crying.” “Man up.” “Shake it off.” Those messages can teach boys that strength means appearing unaffected, but suppressing emotion doesn't make it disappear. Eventually, what gets buried can surface as anger, isolation, shame, addiction, numbness, distraction, or difficulty connecting with the people around us.

In Episode 83 of UNMASKED with Wesley Farnsworth, Wesley examines emotional suppression, why so many people learn it early, and why emotional honesty shouldn't be confused with emotional impulsiveness.

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