Was thinking about this last night. I have friends who I really don’t know anything about on an emotional level because I’ve drilled into my head it’s a conversation meant to be shared in therapy. But there’s also a part of me that sees the value in getting to know people as humans and not just their 9-5 selves. I have fem-presenting friends who seem to be more open to these types of conversations, but I genuinely want to find the line between sharing and over sharing. As a man, It’s pretty depressing to think about tbh, knowing other men for decades but not really knowing anything about them besides their favorite teams or beer.
Is this a thing that’s exclusive to males? Also, if you have any good literature recommendations for this topic please drop below 😅
He's a lib but he said a few good ones.
Paywalling shared mourning, solidarity and comradeship sounds like the worst thing in the world. Care for and love those around you. There's a reason there's an obsession with therapy in the US that doesn't exist in remotely the same way in Europe, and yet the rates of depression and suicide are significantly worse. Maybe they'd be even worse without the therapy which exists solely to hold back the floodgates because america is so utterly shit, but also maybe just people caring for each other more and being a little nicer (sincerely not fakely) makes up for it in europe.
There's a real discussion to have about this because there's a very real cultural difference in the way americans push therapy compared to over here. I don't know anyone without a neurodiversity issue or actual severe depression who goes to therapy, partly because it's expensive and inaccessible for free like other healthcare (without literal year long waiting lists) but that's besides the point.