I don’t want a label, I want language. I’m not malfunctioning, I’m responding. This is about how diagnosis can feel more like surveillance than support, and the quiet desperation of wanting to be seen without being boxed in.

We’re not just addicted to substances, we’re addicted to silence, to sedation, to the illusion of escape. Recovery isn’t soft. It’s an act of rebellion.

We’re praised for being “real,” yet punished for revealing too much. In the digital age,Mental Health vulnerability is currency, but what are we really buying?

Somewhere between boyhood and manhood, many men lose the language of friendship. We’re taught to be silent, to be strong, but at what cost?

In a culture that taught men to be stoic, strong, and silent, we rarely asked: at what cost? Burnout isn’t just a workplace buzzword,it’s the spiritual exhaustion of generations who learned to bottle everything and break in private. This piece is a deep dive into the emotional landscape men are expected to walk alone, and why it’s time we unlearn that solitude. From suppressed grief to performative masculinity, this isn’t just about mental health,it’s about redefining what st