{"id":18110,"date":"2022-10-13T13:00:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=18110"},"modified":"2022-10-13T13:00:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T13:00:23","slug":"why-dont-men-talk-about-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wellness\/why-dont-men-talk-about-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Don\u2019t Men Talk About Mental Health?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Usually, men only talk about things like their job, hobbies, their family and other topics except for mental health.<\/p>\n<p>Americans continue to experience mental health difficulties. It might not be a problem talking about mental health for women, but how come some men don\u2019t dare to go near the topic?<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s find out why:<\/p>\n<h3>Why men don\u2019t talk about mental health with other men<\/h3>\n<p>According to research, the reasons why men don\u2019t talk about mental health are because:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some men learned to deal with it and keep it inside.<\/li>\n<li>Some men have no one they can trust that much to raise topics like their own mental health.<\/li>\n<li>They don\u2019t want to burden anyone with their problems.<\/li>\n<li>They are too embarrassed to talk about something so sensitive to them.<\/li>\n<li>They don\u2019t like to admit that they need help or support.<\/li>\n<li>They do not want to appear weak to other people, especially other men.<\/li>\n<li>Mental health has always had a negative stigma.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Another research states that 77% of all suicides happened to men, which is probably connected and a result of men not talking about mental health.<\/p>\n<h3>Who do men talk to about their mental health?<\/h3>\n<p>Well, it is impossible for some people dealing with mental health problems not to talk to anyone.<\/p>\n<p>Although some men don\u2019t like to talk about it, they will have to talk about it with someone to reduce anxiety, stress, and the possibility of self-harm and depression.<\/p>\n<p>If a man needs to talk to someone about mental health, they usually only talk to their closest friends, a family member, or a medical professional.<\/p>\n<p>If that is the case, and you know someone who you think needs to talk about their mental health, talk to them.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you are the one who needs to talk to someone, do not hesitate to go to a professional or open up to someone you are comfortable talking to about anything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Usually, men only talk about things like their job, hobbies, their family and other topics except for mental health. Americans continue to experience mental health difficulties. It might not be a problem talking about mental health for women, but how come some men don\u2019t dare to go near the topic? Let\u2019s find out why: Why [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16778,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[690],"tags":[1660,1661],"class_list":["post-18110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellness","tag-mens-mental-health","tag-mental-health-stigma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}