Ads Feature Messages from Men Who Took Their Own Lives

rabel111 · 2022-03-31T00:28:07+00:00

These last words are so indicative of male suicide, protecting loved ones from the dispair that racks their hearts, sendiing their love, because it's all they have left.

But, the good intentions of this initiative are wasted, as the authors blame men for their suicide. It's clear from the great work of Dr John Barry, Dr Zac Seidler, Drs James Smith, Annette Braunack-Mayer and Gary Wittert, Prof John McDonald and others, that men want to talk about their feelings and troubles, seek out help, and do talk when they are offered appropriate services and are LISTENED TO.

Too often, the failings of mental health and anti-suicide services/innitiatives are hiden behind a veil of man blaming based on feminist ideological framing of masculinity and pathetic shallow stereotypes of male behaviour. When anyone takes the time to listen, they find that men are more complex and nuanced, have real life reasons for their dispair, and are searching for someone who will listen to their story.

Every time I hear of a new service or initiative, and they are few, small and grossly underfunded, I search their methodology for the man blaming, and it's always prominant! Why?

llaurentz · 2022-03-31T01:13:34+00:00

'All good, just going for a walk' :(

Dukunt2 · 2022-03-31T00:30:57+00:00

Reminder that one in four suicides are women!

/s

TitanicPat · 2022-03-31T08:10:00+00:00

I am absolutely shattered by two things.

How shockingly little attention is given to a crisis so prevalent.

And how very simple it has been to control and maintain that apathy with victim blaming and buzzwords.

Shadowdragon409 · 2022-03-31T09:45:59+00:00

Reading the images of the ads was incredibly sad ;-;

Especially the one labeled "dad". I'm pretty sure that was a father being robbed of his money b/c of child support. His kid wanted to come see him, but because he didn't have any money, she couldn't.

auMatech · 2022-03-31T07:22:28+00:00

Raising awareness is great. The next step is to reform the necessary services to actually provide help to people struggling with suicidal thoughts instead of turning them away or dismissing their thoughts and feelings.

CaptBerlin · 2022-03-31T10:32:26+00:00

Breaks my heart 😕

Asrealasrealcanbe · 2022-03-31T18:06:23+00:00

it wont work ive been complaining about depression for a long long time and nobody cares. health professionals included. just get put on waiting list and never even actually see anyone. pretty sure i'll end up topping myself someday. members of FDS probably laugh at these. cruel world

ElectricalTrash404 · 2022-03-31T20:03:23+00:00

I don't know what my friends last words were, but I know he was a vet who came home and was misunderstood, never allowed to be masculine, never allowed to be a man, he drowned his sorrow in alcohol and it took his own life. At the funeral his mother cried and looked at me and asked "why.. how could this happen?.." and I had no answer, I couldn't verbalize to her that he had been betrayed by his own society. A society that didn't want men anymore, a society that decided we were monsters and that every disgusting perverted monstrosity that belongs locked in a dark closet was somehow better. A society that killed God and made moneywhores, pimps, jezebels, and criminals the new heroes. Well it's best left unsaid. Until God strikes down this wicked generation I hope we can live out the rest of our days in peace and extract ourselves as best we can from the filth of Babylon.

ninodelumbre · 2022-03-31T19:25:59+00:00

If I was in their shoes, I probably would've done the same. I hope a better place awaits these men.

Ads Feature Messages from Men Who Took Their Own Lives

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Whitley, R. (2021). Men’s Issues and Men’s Mental Health: An Introductory Primer. Springer, Cham.

Title	Ads Feature Messages from Men Who Took Their Own Lives
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