Depression is a disease that is thought to affect around one in every twenty men. Trouble is, most men are highly unlikely to recognize the symptoms of male depression, let alone admit we’ve got it.
Men react to depression differently from women. Men are more likely to become angry or aggressive as a result of their depression. So immediately that makes it more difficult to spot.
Those signals mean that male depression can show itself as anger when driving, sudden loss of temper, that kind of thing. These outbursts can quite easily be thought of as being “just usual” whilst they’re actually just the tip of the iceberg.
Most men find it difficult to talk about their feelings. Even otherwise “modern” men can find it difficult to talk. It’s often considered failure if you can’t deal with your own feelings.
So that can rule out the typical “just talk about it” advice that women can be given if they’re depressed.
You may consider that the correct thing to do is to bottle up your feelings. But longer term, it’s really bad for you. Those feelings can literally eat away at you.
So what can you do to cure your male depression? If you can pluck up the courage to talk about your feelings – maybe under the guise of a fishing trip or similar – then that’s good. If that’s a non-starter, maybe pretending that a friend has this problem and you can’t mention their name. Men are natural problem solvers, so there’s a high chance you’ll get some excellent advice if you go in this direction. Your doctor can also prescribe drugs which may help in the short term until you can find a better solution.
A different way is to use a totally discrete option to put an end to your male depression. The anonymous nature of the internet has an advantage here. You can download depression help at the click of a button and no-one (except your credit card company’s computer) will know you’ve chosen this route. You can then read or listen to the anti-depression material at your own pace.
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