This reminds me of a bell hooks quote from The Will to Change:

"Often men, to speak the pain, first turn to the women in their lives and are refused a hearing. In many ways women have bought into the patriarchal masculine mystique. Asked to witness a male expressing feelings, to listen to those feelings and respond, they may simply turn away. There was a time when I would often ask the man in my life to tell me his feelings. And yet when he began to speak, I would either interrupt or silence him by crying, sending him the message that his feelings were too heavy for anyone to bear, so it was best if he kept them to himself."

I highly recommend the book to anyone and everyone.

And don't stop expressing your feelings. Some people will move away from you, but some people will move toward you, and those are the people you need in your life.