He Stopped Talking? Why Men Shut Down Instead of Fixing Things
Here's why men shut down when things break.
It's not because they don't love you. It's because they feel they've already failed.
To him, "fixing it" means admitting he's not enough. So he goes quiet. Hopes time will heal what words might break.
I learned this after years of begging my husband to "JUST TALK TO ME."
He wanted to. But he didn't know how without losing himself.
What if the silence isn't rejection but fear dressed as distance?