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39 - Why Men Shut Down or Explode in Relationships (The Missing Skill Most Men Never Learned)
Most people ask why men explode.
Very few people ask whether men actually feel safe.
In this episode, Alex explores one of the deepest underlying causes of masculine reactivity: emotional unsafety. He explains how childhood conditioning, trauma, shame, and years of learning to suppress vulnerability create nervous systems that react to emotional moments as though they're life-threatening.
Through stories from his own life—including discovering he had been in an abusive relationship, healing through EMDR, and recently confronting his dentist after years of failed procedures—Alex demonstrates…
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