Highly sensitive men are so misunderstood. We are talking about men’s sensitivity (our innate being) and the potentially associated shame that men have ascribed to it in the Western world.
As such men have become ashamed of our sensitivity. This deeply empathic essence has squashed in men. The concept of toxic masculinity is prevented us from being able to experience sensitivity, as it is deemed a weakness. We are therefore taught to disown our emotional feelings. Such a misconception of our Western culture. I think that's really detrimental to a lot of our emotional and mental health.
In the 'Men's Heart in Conversation,' we believe it is an area that we need to explore, so that we men, can create permission, have loving acceptance and more social acceptance, of our highly sensitivity being. Currently, we have to hold the paradox that because we do have a sensitivity which is a really powerful place, it can also be very vulnerable place. Instead of being ashamed of it, how do we learn to start owning and start connecting towards that space of sensitivity? How can we evolved men become more at ease in balancing both our masculine and feminine within ourselves embodying the fullness of his power.
Sensitivity is an innate part of our personality, or of ourselves of our being. We are sensitive beings but social and cultural factors conspire against that. We are talking on Facebook Live here, which, of course, could be viewed around the world, but certainly within an Australian context for males, certainly my generation, growing up, sensitivity was not prized. It was something that was shut down very quickly. It was shut down by peers, shut down by teachers.
I'm wondering whether this space that we're talking about, what impact that has potentially on men's mental health, depression, anger, anxiety, our interpersonal relationships? I'm wondering, whether it has a huge impact and because of the sense of shame, that's associated the paradox. Is there something to be ashamed about it? Yeah, I mean, if you're wearing your heart on the sleeve, that metaphor may be, a little bit too sensitive, perhaps, and not need to be regulated in a little bit more of a fashion? However, emotional feelings are something that we can stop avoiding. The more we reflect and deepen our awareness to our sensitive emotions the more we can learn to appropriately label them rather than reacting in our old historical male ways. This obviously is converting them to anger, or shutting down and disconnecting from our self and also the people we love.
Being highly sensitive and fully evolving into innate essence is developing empathy for our selves as well as those we love. Our sensitive self will feel the emotional pain but also emotional love. The joy and sadness of life in present context but also from our past experiences. To be fully sensitive and open-hearted means we are going to feel emotions and a beautiful gift. It means we will evolve more empathetically and be able to bring a 'presence' of being to our intimate partner. Instead of saying, "I don't know" you can allow the energetic presence of the emotion to be present. The logical brain may not yet be able to label or recognize it - that comes with practice of insight and reflection.
Don't be afraid of your sensitivity and the emotions you may feel. Learning to have a presence to them brings a deepening of understanding ~ a knowing and this knowing is a gift of being connected to our self, others and 'All That Is.'
It is time for us men to evolve into the higher consciousness that is waiting for us to attain. As we do this, the world will have more compassionate and loving masculine energy in it. This is a success of the heart and us men can begin to evolve by lovingly accepting our own sensitivity.
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