Men's Health Series: Men's Mental Health & Suicide

Vulnerability is hard for everyone, whether you are a man or a woman.

And while this struggle is universal, men have an extra layer of complexity because so many have been taught to believe that their value is in their ability to appear “strong.”

Because of the delusional need to be tough and strong, men often choose to swallow up their feelings and tighten up so much just to fight through their days looking fine. Because the stake to be vulnerable and looking soft is way too high than to just bite through any hell.

Seeking help is always nonexistent on their mind as that is often a sign of weakness that is unacceptable in the world of alpha. In their world, there are only two options: either trash it out or die.

Indeed many men suffer from deep chronic mental illnesses such as anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder for years and still will not admit that anything is wrong with them. Truly, some succeed in executing the second only option that they have granted themselves which is to die by killing themselves.

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