Comments by "" (@kellygreenii) on "Why MEN have MIDLIFE CRISES: you have to practice being selfish" video.

Men are conditioned to sacrifice themselves for others, and to deny their feelings. At age 28 I had everything I was TOLD I should want…but I was miserable and suffering from a major depression. Why? Trying to run from my family demons had finally exhausted me…. …and I had scrambled up the ladder of success, only to realize it was up against the wrong wall. My voice that told me who I was and what I wanted for myself had been silenced…then commandeered to serve the needs of others. I was living the life they wanted and needed from me. Not what I wanted and needed. So the wheels eventually fell off. I was fortunate enough to have it all fall apart early enough to course correct…then start to face down the demons. But other men go much longer and farther on in self-denial and lack of self-care before the facade finally cracks.
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