Men’s mental health?

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Why is it that men’s mental health not talked about much? Thoughts? 💭

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Mental health isnt taken seriously as a whole. 
But for men, its that a societal standard was set that men weren't allowed to display anything that made them weak, otherwise it made them less of a man. 
A standard that was created by men based upon how much they hate women and behaviors they Consider feminine therefore weak and not valuable

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Is it not? I feel like I see posts about it all the time. It’s strongly emphasized in college level psychology and social service classes today. As for social media, I don’t see as much on here as this app is centered more on women and their experiences. I’ve noticed Reddit in particular though has a ton of content on it. Some of it really positive and helpful, some of it women blaming whining. Even celebrities are speaking up more and more. Brendan Fraser immediately pops into my head for currently sharing his struggles, and breaking stigmas. 
There’s definitely a lot of history of toxic masculinity teaching boys to suck it up and deal instead of appropriately processing emotions. It’s changing though. Of course there’s a lot of cultural variation to be taken into account, but, I don’t personally know any men at all today that believe or push that ideology. I don’t believe men keeping silent about mental health is the default anymore.

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Historic stereotypes around men. Everything from “oh you are crying? you aren’t a man” to “you can’t be emotional. Only females are emotional.” I am a high school therapist and I am providing mental health groups for every single student (4000+) and it’s so amazing when guys come up to me at the end saying they enjoyed this and wish they could do it again (it’s just two sessions). The school is actually starting a men’s health group during their lunch period which I am very happy about! I also just thing the stigma around mental health plays a part!

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Because toxic masculinity.

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Because men are misogynistic pigs and they don’t deserve their mental health issues recognized or treated.

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I think it is talked about. If you don’t, then talk about it.

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I don’t really see it being talked about any less than with women 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Many reasons. But mainly because a lot of men are told to not have emotions and hide everything away. To be “strong”. And because most people still feel like mental health is bullshit and is just new “snowflake” things.

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This post made me think of Steven Twitch (the guy who was Ellen's Dj)..... Did any of you see where he passed because of Mental Health. This just happened a few days ago. So sad...

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Mental health as a whole isn’t talked about enough. Men are also less likely to seek help. I know from helping my husband find a therapist, most men therapist are not accepting new patients too

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