[lostalex]

Originally Posted by the truth

Good thread, fair play.

men commit suicide at 3 to 4 times the rate of women across the entire world. Clearly there is more pressure on men, especially in terms of earning a living, but also in terms of maintaining their family and keeping their children and their homes. in 80% + of divorces men lose their home, their children and 50% of their future income. regardless of which person had an affair. that is an enormous burden on men and would destroy anyone.

also there are 1000 times more support agencies for women than men in the UK. its a national disgrace and is not being addressed by cowardly sexist poiliticians, councillors journalists

I think it's more to do with the fact that men are taught to be stoic and macho, and unwilling to humble themselves and accept their failures and ask for help.

We need to stop teaching boys that they have to be stoic and macho and in control. Because when they can't be those things they feel worthless and lose hope. They are embarrassed to admit that they are not strong and that they do need help.

Of course there are a million reasons though, mental illness is very complex. As far as i know there has not been a single cure found for any of the hundreds of mental illnesses. The human brain is still very much a mystery to us.