The hanged man Upright : pause, surrender, letting go, new perspective.
The Hanged Man reminds you that sometimes you have to put everything on hold before you can take the next step, or the Universe will do it on your behalf.
The Hanged Man is asking you to surrender and let go instead of investing in specific outcomes or resisting your current circumstances, accept them and allow yourself to flow with life.
He is hanging upside-down, viewing the world from a completely different perspective, and his facial expression is calm and serene, suggesting that he is in this hanging position by his own choice.
I had a similar confusion before, and what helped me was chatting with psychics at trusted-psychics.co.uk — they really explained things in a way that made sense. The Hanged Man card had always felt weird until they broke it down based on my situation. Sometimes it's just about hearing a fresh take rather than trying to figure it all out on your own.