Story: “The Weight We Don’t Talk About”


It was a chilly October evening — one of those nights when silence feels heavier than sound.

Tunde sat in his car outside the gym, engine running, radio off. For weeks he’d been showing up — not to work out, but to gather courage. Courage to admit that something wasn’t right.

On the outside, life looked good: job steady, friends around, smile always ready. But inside, the noise wouldn’t stop — the doubts, the exhaustion, the quiet ache that grew louder with every “I’m fine.”
That night, he finally called his friend from Men’s Porch. No grand speeches, no solutions — just a space to talk, to breathe, to be heard.

And that’s how healing began — not with perfection, but with honesty.

Not with strength, but with softness.
As we mark World Mental Health Day, this is a reminder:
Brothers, you don’t have to carry it all alone.
Speak. Share. Listen. Heal.

Because real strength begins with openness. 💬💪🏾

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