Like lots of people don’t cry at all, pretty much ever, and the ‘problem’ part of it is that we’re socialized to “be strong” (meaning silent) and not be ‘full of feelings’ etc., etc., and as a result lots of people never work out or resolve issues that they need to. So they get stuck, or sick, or both.

Talk therapy, as an example, gets people to say words that mean their feelings and sort of short-circuit the socialization programming to actually figure out why or how they’re feeling a certain way.

In the past it’s been pretty much synonymous with Being A Man (a.k.a. Dumb), but there’s been progress.