According To Experts, Here Are 5 Reasons Men Feel Worried When Their Partners Are Angry

Illustration of why men feel worried when their partner is angry (Unsplash/Ben White)

JAKARTA – Negative emotions, such as anger, disappointment, and sadness, can make men feel worried if they are felt or expressed by their partner. Even though the woman doesn't explain it to her partner, it still makes her anxious.

Why can a man be worried and anxious if his partner is not happy? According to psychotherapist and author Avrum Weiss, Ph.D., here's why.

1. Anxiety is considered unable to improve the situation

Reported by Psychology Today, Monday, November 15, men often try to convince that he can fix the situation that triggers his partner's emotions. Anxiety in men is present because they think their partner is no longer sure he can fix whatever is bothering him.

2. Men tend to be comfortable with facts rather than feelings

The facts and feelings are often the subject of heated debate between men and their partners, according to Weiss. When arguments get more emotional, men usually try to calm their partners down by encouraging them to calm down and focus on the facts. Practical matters may be chosen by men to make sense, but differences make them feel more anxious.

3. Feel responsible for the happiness of their partner

Even if your partner's anger and disappointment are unrelated to him, he still feels responsible for his partner's happiness. If women are unhappy about something, men are often brought up to believe that they have failed at some point.

4. Less able to express feelings

According to Weiss, another reason why men can be so annoyed by women's strong feelings is that men are secretly incapable of expressing the emotional aspects of their partners.

“At some level, most men realize that they are not as emotionally developed as their wives or partners. Wives/partners appear to have stronger emotions, express their feelings more easily, and are more empathetic in responding to other people's feelings," Weiss wrote.

On a subconscious level, many men fear that something is wrong with them when they don't have the same kind of emotional response as their wife or partner.

5. Protect yourself

The presence of this worry and anxiety can be pulled back. Hiding emotions is the result of a hereditary teaching that a real man is not afraid, should not feel anxious, even forbidden to express sadness. According to Weiss, this is just below the surface.

Then men tend to withdraw emotionally and disengage to protect themselves. In this situation, an important emotional connection is established. So that self-protection is not further repressed and on the woman's side still considers a rational, reasonable, or not based on feelings only point of view.