Statistically men seem to get a lot of bad news
There is a long list of things like this about men and its not nice, idk why men seem to have it so bad in certain ways.
I don’t think it’s a matter of men having it worse than women.
Perhaps the answer lies in gender differences and the differing societal pressures placed upon people identifying as male or female, and ultimately the stigma faced by both genders in regards to receiving help for mental health crises.
In the end, suffering is suffering, no matter the gender.
ETA: I do believe there is need for support services for both genders, and am not discounting the statistics that men, for example, are 3 to 4 more times as likely to die by their own hand than women. These are very real numbers and pinpoint the rather serious and insidious nature of mental illness within the male gender.
I am talking about mental health, nothing else.
In my area we have charities specifically for men to help their mental health and its nice, Men Matters is a nice charity and Mens Shed, they both provide meaningful activities, women help out as well.
Men find it harder to open up about feelings and harder to ask for help mostly
Yeah theres lots of mh support groups for men opening in uk, its good
This thread is being reopened, we just politely ask that it not be about the differences between men and other groups. It’s an important topic to be discussed and should be. We just don’t want it to turn sexist.
Ducky i was the same when i was starting to get unwell and i still dont talk about my feelings much now, I try and put a good face on it and i just try and deal with things myself a lot of the time, sometimes puting on a good front is a good way to cope but could be bottling a lot of things up. even on meds i still cant talk about my feelings very much.
Yeah i understand
Its actually on the news a lot here in the UK, i was basically just writing what is well known
Please do not turn this into a men vs women discussion @Turtle43
I have flagged your post so that you may edit.
And this is why your threads on this get closed. One more comment of that type and this is done.
Flagged so you may edit.
sorry I don’t see what wrong with that comment,
if you look at the statistics you will see all the proof and evidence of those differences, I’m not saying one is better that the other but there are differences.
There are some differences. But the way you state it is frustrating.
For your information, men are slightly less prone to mental illness than women. But less likely to have had treatment and more likely to commit suicide.
The reasons behind that are generally stigma and not wanting to appear weak.
I would focus your topic on the reasons why these things occur instead of constantly bringing up a divide.
Can’t we all just agree that mental health is getting better as far as treatment and being open about it? If it would have been more open when I was a kid I might not have had to go through the crap I went through, and that goes for all genders.
it is true men and women are different so there is always going to be differences, This thread is about Mens mental health though so thanks for pointing out some of those differences.
@daydreamer you have had your warning. Keep bringing women upand you’ll be silenced and unable to participate in this topic.
The only reason that we’re allowing itis because it is important to the men on this site to discuss challenges men face with stigma and treatment.
YOU and a couple others are the only reason we closed it in the first place due to the conttant sexism you display in posts. I suggest you do not argue further and consider sticking to the issues facing guys.
I don’t what you mean about sexism but if you want to me pm about it then that’s fine
I am not very knowledgeable, but from what I’ve read, hormones also play an important part in the overall balance and dynamics of one’s personality. Therefore, as regards mental health, it doesn’t surprise me there are differences between men and women, risk-wise.
However, if memory still serves me well, sz is equally distributed among men and women, it’s just that men tend to develop it at a younger age.
As a man with sz, I can confirm that getting a romantic partner (and keeping them) is hard, we often want to provide and to protect, but this illness kicks us hard in the b@lls and shatters our confidence.
Let’s make a poll about this:
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