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Podcast 337: Why aren’t we talking about men’s mental health enough? + ways to de-stigmatize men’s mental struggles

CLEANING UP YOUR MENTAL MESS with Dr. Caroline Leaf

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Men's Mental Health Help Seeking Behavior

A survey commission by the mental health foundation found that, not only are men far less likely than women to seek professional support, they are also less likely to disclose a mental health problem to andor family. With the expectations and stereor types in society, it leaves little room for men opening up about their mental ill health because it may appear weak. And on top of that, some research also suggests that men who can't speak openly about their emotions may be less able to recognize symptoms of mental health problems themselves. It's wired in its come through generations. So we have to break that. We have to go through cycles of 63 days to change this, the stigma in society, to change

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