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EPISODE · May 20, 2026 · 8 MIN

"I'm Fine": The Lie That Is Destroying Men

from The Mature Male · host Wes Lambert

Every man reading this has said it. Not because it was true. Because it was easier than what came next.This video is about what actually happens when men suppress emotional experience over years, and what that silence costs them in their relationships, their bodies, and their sense of self.Expect to learn:-Why "I'm fine" is not just a deflection but a trained physiological response-What alexithymia is and how many men are living with it unknowingly-The connection between emotional shutdown and flooding during conflict-How suppression compounds and eventually surfaces as anger, withdrawal, or physical symptoms-Why men often lack the vocabulary for emotional experience and where that gap comes from-What it looks like to begin building emotional fluency without losing your sense of who you areFollow along at...Website: www.weslambert.meEmail: [email protected]: https://substack.com/@weslambertSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Yv1ciX90C3zdPxD67kjyY?si=7591bc0f32da4f23Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mature-male/id1805978833

Every man reading this has said it. Not because it was true. Because it was easier than what came next.This video is about what actually happens when men suppress emotional experience over years, and what that silence costs them in their relationships, their bodies, and their sense of self.Expect to learn:-Why "I'm fine" is not just a deflection but a trained physiological response-What alexithymia is and how many men are living with it unknowingly-The connection between emotional shutdown and flooding during conflict-How suppression compounds and eventually surfaces as anger, withdrawal, or physical symptoms-Why men often lack the vocabulary for emotional experience and where that gap comes from-What it looks like to begin building emotional fluency without losing your sense of who you areFollow along at...Website: www.weslambert.meEmail: [email protected]: https://substack.com/@weslambertSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Yv1ciX90C3zdPxD67kjyY?si=7591bc0f32da4f23Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mature-male/id1805978833

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