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Teen Chastised After Calling Out Parents For Only Giving Brother With Terminal Cancer Attention
No matter how hard we might try, no one has complete control over their emotions. As a result, we often find our emotions getting the better of us at very inopportune times. Sometimes finding ourselves saying things we deeply regret or fill us with immense guilt. Redditor Electrical_Shock_412 and her family were all going through […] More

We've all had experiences which left us sad or despondent.

A friend moving away, the loss of a pet, missing out on a promotion.

While these experiences often result in our feeling the need to drown out our feelings in some capacity, we know deep down that we'll eventually bounce back.

Some experiences, however, take a bit longer to recover from, if we manage to recover from them at all.

The sort of experiences which, for lack of a better term, break us.

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Man in knit cap looking sad
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Even in this supposedly progressive modern age, far too many men feel self-conscious about the natural act of crying.

Feeling that it's not a manly thing to do, even though many would argue that it takes a real man not to be afraid to tear up publicly.

Of course, even the most unabashedly masculine men don't have complete control over their emotions and find their eyes watering unexpectedly every now and then.

Sometimes giving in to grief, sometimes overcome with joy, and sometimes simply owing to a corny commercial for coffee.

Sometimes this happens when nobody's around. Other men aren't so lucky.

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Men Explain Which F**ked Up Things They're Supposed To Be Okay With Because They're Men
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Why are men forced to be things they're not?

We are too far along as a society not to let the boys grow and evolve.

A good cry, a good laugh, a song, hug, a dance it out... can help anybody.

Or maybe just watch an episode of 'Grey's Anatomy.'

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People drinking at a party.
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Much as we may try to avoid them, it's hard not to find ourselves in situations we would rather not be in.

In some cases, we have no other choice but to persevere and let the moment pass, however uncomfortable or irritating the situation is.

Other times, we know that the only thing to do is leave, right then and there, without looking back.

Even if it means leaving mid-conversation with someone, we know in our gut that there is truly nothing to do but leave immediately.

As our health and safety could be at risk.

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