I was one of them.
Emotionally shut down.
Spiritually numb.
But on the outside, I looked “religious.”
I used Islam as a mask —
not to get closer to God,
but to hide from myself.
From love. From truth. From accountability.

This isn’t about calling men out.
This is about calling myself out —
and hoping that in doing so,
I give others permission to do the same.

If you’ve ever wondered what it looks like
when a man starts to feel again…
this is the beginning.

Welcome to Tales from an Ex-Red Piller.

this one’s for anyone who ever got called “too sensitive” or “hard to love”
for everyone who moves a little different ’cause life taught you not to trust easy
it’s not just trust issues—it’s survival, it’s trauma, it’s how you learned to read the room
nobody ever tells you how heavy that gets
here’s the real talk they never give you about why you move the way you do
raw, unfiltered, no sugar-coating—just straight to the soul
you’re not broken, you’re just built different
and that’s your power