Have you ever felt that you were drowning?  That life as it was was too much for you to handle, as if you are a ship on the sea that is being battered by the elements and you're beginning to take on water, beginning to go under?  In previous generations we didn't feel so able or free to talk about such feelings.  We received hidden messages, unspoken rules that you didn't talk about things like that; especially if you're a man.  So, we just stuffed it down and tried to press on, without sharing our thoughts or feelings with another soul.  Thankfully, things are changing in that regard.  Society is becoming more willing to talk about feelings like this.  But yet, it still can be a massive challenge to talk about this kind of stuff; there is still a perceived stigma attached to it, as if we experience this kind of thing as a result of weakness or lack in us as a person. This is a journey I have been very familiar with.  As a kid growing up, I was qu...