Health In Mind: How To Talk About The Heavy Stuff

Some of us would rather have a tooth pulled than talk about our feelings. A lot of us men have been brought up to keep our difficult emotions under wraps and see opening up about things such as anxiety, overcoming an addiction, being made redundant or getting divorced as somehow unmanly. Our reticence comes at a cost. According to the Men’s Health Forum, one in eight men is struggling with mental health issues such as depression or anxiety and three out of four suicides are committed by men.

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