Let’s Discuss When the Man Who Always Handled Things Stops Trusting Himself There’s a moment some men reach that they never expected to face. It’s when the man who always handled things—the guy people leaned on—suddenly doesn’t trust his own judgment anymore. Not because he lost intelligence. Not because he became weak. But because the internal system he’s been operating from collapsed. Research on identity disruption shows that when a man’s sense of self is anchored to roles—provider, husband,