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>>51479696
It's not about a man experiencing hardships, it's about her perceiving you as weak (unfortunately in some situations where it's not even your fault like depression, she will subconsciously look down on you otherwise. Although I've seen exceptions for sure). If anything, being able to successfully navigate your darkest times and emotions will be quite attractive to her. You cannot lean onto her when you are down because you are the formidable rock that she leans on.

>>51479751
I'm sorry to hear that man. I opened up to my girlfriend about being depressed after losing a pretty important tournament to me and I'll never forget how quickly her demeanor around me changed, from warm and receptive to cold and careless. Really fucked with me. Ironically, I saw on r*ddit of all places that this actually has happened to a bunch of other guys too. If you go onto a male oriented subreddit and search the keyword "open up" or whatever you'll get very similar stories.