As a woman’s love can change a man’s mind, so does it lead to depression.

An aspect that this piece seeks to depict is that love from a woman can do wonders for the inner part of a man, the psychological aspect. As men fall in love, they will likely be so committed to the relationship and have a strong bond with their female counterparts. He may idealize her and give her prominence, making her the focus of his life. This strong attachment and idealization can cause him great pain in the case of a breakup. Men and women are both capable of experiencing significant loss when a romantic partner turns them away, but men especially are sensitive to depression after a breakup.

There are different stages that a man may experience when the relationship with the woman with whom he is in love is over, namely grief, anger, loneliness, shame, and worthlessness. Thus, the loss of affection and contact is devastating to most men. Some of the men also see themselves as having lost some of their masculinity due to societal norms that have conditioned men to believe that they should be the aggressors, not the other way around. The vacuum that is left by the absence of the woman’s love might also lead to depression due to a feeling of failure.