As I currently sit in the aftermath of yet another instance of hateful abuse from a man that I once cared a lot about, and on the better end of a mental breakdown, Iām thinking about how this all started. Where did it come from. Why are we like this? Guys. Itās not wrong for us to be emotionally vulnerable. Itās notĀ āunmanlyā to hurt, and to show that youāre hurt. You are not a bad person, or less of one, for being in pain. Being aĀ āvictimā does not mean that you are powerless, it means that you have been targeted. Being wrathful, being cruel, inflicting that pain on others isnātĀ āalphaā orĀ āchadā or doesnāt make you more or less of a man, it makes you just as bad as the person who put you in this situation in the first place, but unlike that person, who is long in your rearview mirror, I hope, you have a choice.Ā Donāt just let it fester until youāre doing it to the people around you. Donāt internalize it into something worse. Donāt let your traumas warp you into a twisted image of the beautiful, wonderful man you already are.Ā Please, ask for help. Talk to someone. See a therapist. Do something, anything.Ā Just because you are in a cycle of abuse doesnāt mean that you have to perpetuate it. Cycles can be broken.Ā


















