This is a topic of mental health that a lot of men, both young and old, myself included, have experienced: suffering in silence. As men, we are told by women and society that we are supposed to be providers and protectors. I mean, you go to any social media platform, podcast on YouTube or watch any daytime talk show or network news channel or any journalism website on the topic of relationships and dating, this is what you hear. What is not talked about or taken seriously in these aforementioned spaces, is the topic of men who suffer in silence when they are going through tough times in their individual lives. While society has praised women for their accomplishments and embraced their roles in society by giving them oipportunities to excel, the same society looks down on men and treat them with disdain and contempt and publicly say that they are "failing" and continue to repeat this misinformed narrative to the point where men are stepping away from relationships to live their own lives and take care of themselves because the modern society that helps women become better is the same modern society that has failed men by not taking men's issues with mental health seriously and therefore, modern society is solely responsible for the rise in the suffering of young men and boys who are victims of abuse: in this case, emotional abuse (and yes, emotional abuse is real, but it is treated totally different depending on the gender).