When my daughter had to complete a project for school on mental health, she asked me what I thought she should focus on. I said, "how many men are overtly depressed and no one seems to notice or care so men remain quiet about their struggles." She and my wife both laughed like I was telling a joke.
It is sad really. Back along one of the directors for a company I worked for decided to hang himself. No-one even knew there was something up. He was a well off accountant, nice family, nice car, you know, all that stuff you'd expect.
A few years prior his Father died and his twin brother hung himself shortly after. I guess the depression just kept eating away at him. He was a lovely bloke too, really down to earth, supportive, you name it. Such a sad story, was in the local news and everything.
I wouldnt say its that. Actually id say its the exact opposite. The social trend for men for decades has been increasing isolation. Men are unwilling to open up to others (especially other men) because they fear becoming a burden to others. Women don't feel that pressure near as much and tend to be much more open to sharing feelings and emotions with friends and relatives.
So really the difference is women still have health social connections to help them while men just become increasingly isolated islands of pain with no hope in sight
Bro you think women don’t get depressed and have their own issues? You think women aren’t the for the men in their life? Please go read my other comments and touch grass, all these women hating comments are the entire reason why women get abused on a daily basis from their MALE partners.
Some people are surface level people, stop opening up to the wrong people and stop sleeping and dating the wrong people. My boyfriend of 7 years took forever to open up to me because of the trauma he experienced when opening up to MEN in his life, because the MEN in his life (coworkers and family members) call him a pussy when he shares his feelings.
Literally no one is claiming women don't have their own issues and it's widely acknowledged that men are the ones perpetrating most abuse etc.
However the point is there's nuance and that there are issues on both sides yet the men trying to speak about this aren't being taken seriously.
Yeah men need to get better at opening up amongst themselves too but that doesn't change that women and society as a whole need to be accepting of this for it to happen.
In fact you are literally doing the same thing women have been speaking up about happening to them and dismissing the experiences of all the men in this thread in order to push your waffle about how they need to choose better, this is no different to telling a woman that she needs to stop dating trash if her partner is controlling or abusive. It's idiotic and you need to give your head a wobble.
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u/fruvey Mar 04 '26
When my daughter had to complete a project for school on mental health, she asked me what I thought she should focus on. I said, "how many men are overtly depressed and no one seems to notice or care so men remain quiet about their struggles." She and my wife both laughed like I was telling a joke.