Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- Sometimes, the person who looks strongest in the room is the one who is silently falling apart. Let me start with a story of a man I will call Ogede. Not his real name. He was a hardworking man. Responsible. Dutiful. The kind of person people could count on. When there was work to be done, he showed up. When people needed help, he was available.

But he was going through a lot. Things were difficult at home. His wife had become increasingly demanding, and despite his efforts, he struggled to meet all the financial responsibilities of the family. He was bullied, talked down to and emotionally wounded. At some point, intimacy disappeared from the marriage, not for weeks or months, but eventually for years. Yet he said not...