I want to ask for help. But instead, I freeze up, and then I get more discouraged. Most guys I know are more comfortable showing than telling. Given a choice they'd pick action over words. They would rather do something than talk about almost anything.
Verbal communication is critically important to relationships.
Men are told again and again that they are going to have to talk if they want their relationships to go forward. Many men have learned that not communicating sends a message of it's own. We intuitive women are practiced at reading the smallest nuances in nonverbal communication. If nothing is said, we're very good at jumping to our own conclusions. If you're not talking, we may conclude that you don't want to talk, that you don't care, or that you don't love us anymore.