 Why men don't tell what they are feeling
Some men (and this applies to women as well) don't share their feelings for good reasons.
In past relationships or present relationships they have experienced having that information used against them. Or they use what happens when they share to judge themselves.
If their partner has an emotional reaction or becomes upset when they talk about how they feel they feel bad. Perhaps they judge themselves for saying something, or saying it in a way that upsets a person they care about. Men and women learn to hide information about themselves so that they don't upset people they care about.
Calling this stupid, or pointing out that it can be more upsetting to hide things does not change this behavior.
At other times a man might not share what is going on with himself because it will not only upset his partner, but his partner will blame him for their being upset. In this case he is not only him judging himself, his parter is also in on this misplaced judgment.
In this way men (and women) are socially conditioned to hide information from their partner. You can call it dishonest. You can call it being in emotional denial. In reality it's just trying to feel emotionally safe in relationship.
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