Adhyayan Suman speaks about being vulnerable, expressing emotions: ‘Can show my manliness in many other ways’

"I think being vulnerable with your partner and not having a filter or facade... it's okay," said the Heeramandi actor

New Delhi | September 1, 2025 04:29 PM IST

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Adhyanan Suman on getting teary-eyed (Photo: Adhyanan Suman/Instagram)

Adhyayan Suman recently spoke about being vulnerable with a partner and acknowledging it openly, as one can demonstrate ‘manliness’ in many other ways. “A warm hug means the world to me. Like someone sleeps on my chest all night and tells me how she feels…Have you had moments where you are talking to somebody, saying, Thank you for being there in my life…I love you…and be teary-eyed while doing that? The tears come into my eyes. It happens to me very often,” said Adhyayan, 37.

The Heeramandi actor added that a relationship, “which I felt strongly about,” taught him to own up to his emotions. “While I am having a conversation, I’m tearing up. I felt like it was so from the gut. The thought of having to be with somebody. I think being vulnerable with your partner and not having a filter or facade… it’s okay. I’m a guy? I can’t cry? Is it not okay to cry? I can show my manliness in many other ways. Being there for that person is being a man. If I am at a party where there are 100 women, but if I make you feel like you are the queen, that’s being a man,” he shared with Hauterrfly.

Is your partner receptive to your emotions? (Photo: Freepik)

Drisha Dey, consultant psychologist, Kolkata, concurred that crying is the body’s natural way of releasing pent-up emotions and should not be conditioned by gender.

“Men are conditioned right from childhood that crying, for any reason, is a sign of weakness because it threatens their manhood. The only acceptable situation to do so is when their sports team loses because such passionate care for it is a sign of manhood. It is a natural act of maintaining one’s nervous system. Without it, it makes men feel isolated when they go through the lows of life, just like women,” said Dey.

She also described that an emotion usually takes less than five minutes to pass through. “Thus, what makes us human and can be handled quite simply and naturally is made to gain a lot of negative perception unnecessarily”.

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Staying connected, feeling emotions, and expressing them offers a sense of support and engagement. “It enables one to share and express ideas and thoughts and discuss experiences that evoke emotions. Being connected helps a person know that there are those who care. It gives comfort and confidence to have social support around you,” said consultant psychologist Kamna Chhibber.

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