I'm a dad of a 5yo girl in therapy since 2 years, both alone and with my soon to be my ex wife, a woman who grew up without a father and now thinks our girl doesn't need one either. I'm surely not a beta male. Not at all. Almost all my friends have no children. My therapist has no children either (in Italy there's a big, big demographic crisis). At work in Italy you don't talk about your personal problems, it sure hurts your career, empathy is not a desired human trait. Your experience is yours only, I'm glad it has been positive, it's not the same for everyone. Every help that could help is ok.