15 Secret Worries Men Won’t Tell You (But I Will)

Sometimes the silent thoughts are the loudest.

James Michael Sama
17 min readMar 3, 2024

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Men have a reputation for being generally stoic, unemotional, inexpressive, and disconnected from their feelings. In most cases, though, this is the opposite of the truth.

The truth isn’t men’s lack of feelings, but instead, the lack of expression of these feelings.

There are a myriad of social and biological reasons why men more commonly keep to themselves than women do, none of which are really a surprise, and, none of which are the topic of this particular article.

What I would like to do here, is help to shed some light on the inner-thoughts of men as they relate to the pressures of life and love.

What I’d also like to do first is give my obligatory disclaimer:

This article in no way whatsoever is meant to minimize or erase the immense and overwhelming challenges that women face every day, and have faced for the duration of humanity.

It is in no way meant to be a “sob story” or a “pity party” for the privileged gender, or to turn the focus onto men in the form of sympathy or pity.

I do, however, hope the points below serve as a voice for the men who have a hard time compiling the words themselves, and…

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James Michael Sama

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