He Feels It Too: What No One Talks About in a Man’s Emotional Cycle

She’s in pain. You know that. But what you don’t know is that he is too. He doesn’t have cramps. He doesn’t bleed. But when he loves with his soul, when his heart beats in sync with hers, when her mood swings crash like waves he drowns too. In relationships where emotional and mental connection runs deeper than the physical, some men go through phases that mirror their partner’s struggles. They become moody, sensitive, irrational, and sometimes even aggressive not because they want to hurt, but because they’re hurting too. Here's a story that’s rarely told, yet deeply felt.

She knows it’s coming. Her body aches, her hormones shift, and the storm inside begins. But what she doesn’t see is him fighting a storm just as wild. He’s not physically affected by the biological process. But emotionally? Every sharp word from her hurts tenfold. Every tear she sheds carves a crack in his soul. Every sigh, silence, and sudden scream puts him into a loop of self-doubt .He doesn’t understand what’s happening to him. And worse he can’t talk about it. Society doesn’t give men that space.


Love is not always flowers and cute texts. Sometimes, it’s sitting in the same room, knowing the other person is suffering, and you can't do anything about it. For men who are mentally and emotionally in sync with their partners, PMS isn't just "her issue. He watches her face go blank, her smile vanish, her hands tremble in irritation and he mirrors that pain. Not physically, but mentally. He feels helpless. And that helplessness turns into frustration, then anger on himself, on the situation, sometimes even on her. That’s when fights begin not out of hatred, but overwhelming emotional saturation.


He must be calm. He must understand. That’s what society expects, right? But here’s the truth: He’s not just fighting her mood swings. He’s fighting his own emotional storm that no one talks about. She can scream and cry and say she’s hormonal. He can’t. Because he’s a man. But emotions don’t care about gender. When you love deeply, you feel deeply. And his pain is valid too.


Ever had a fight over absolutely nothing? Like she didn’t like the tone of his “hmm” or he didn’t know what she wanted for dinner? That’s not just a fight. That’s overflow. During her period, when emotions are high, his emotional sensors are on fire too.One wrong word. One ignored look. One sarcastic laugh. And boom.It’s not about the “thing.” It’s about the unspoken pressure, the emotional burden, the inner helplessness. He isn’t angry because she shouted.He’s angry because he couldn’t comfort her the way she needed. And that self-blame breaks him, every time.


She finally sleeps, exhaustion from the cramps knocking her out. He stares at the ceiling.Worried. Guilty. Confused.
He knows tomorrow might be the same. He’ll walk on eggshells, trying to make her smile. He’ll fail. She’ll cry. He’ll blame himself. This cycle repeats. And still he hides it. Because “men don’t cry,” right?

This is not to say women have it easy. No. Their pain is real. But let’s not forget the men who feel that pain with them, mentally and emotionally. They suffer silently. They break, not loudly, but quietly in their minds. And that makes it even more dangerous. When we speak of emotional health in relationships, let’s include them too. Let’s teach men it's okay to express, to feel, to be vulnerable. Let’s remind women to see the man who bleeds invisibly.

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