We have mental issues too.

OldEgalitarianMRA · 2023-09-16T16:57:24+00:00

Too many people think that men that don't contribute to society should just walk off and die. Men are a tool and when broken to be thrown out.

GrandyRetroCandy · 2023-09-16T18:39:54+00:00

We've gotta start helping each other out. A lot of us learned this from our fathers and our peers. It had its purpose in the old world, men needed to work a hard job like putting together a railroad for months on end with few breaks. Or they needed to go to war in horrible conditions and never give up. The body gives up eventually though, with PTSD in the case of war.

We aren't machines. Or animals. And the world has changed a lot. You have men breaking down internally trying to be a machine or a work animal.

We aren't working with the organ that is our mind or the reality of the chemicals that are our emotions. They served an evolutionary purpose, but now we live in a world with electricity, phones, internet, and mass transportation. We need to change with it because we are losing ourselves.

We have to offer empathy to ourselves and the fellas around us. It's a very hard shell to crack for men after generations of "toughness" programming. But we haven't become tougher as a whole. We're breaking down inside. We are operating dysfunctionally. That's a weakness. Trying to tough it out isn't going to work.

But in fact I think by giving some care to ourselves, we head to the gym instead of to the couch or to stay in bed. That's love for our own body. We practice self-respect by saying we're not going to drink that extra night we know we should not, or say we're not going to sleep with that girl when you know she may be trouble for you or your life and it's not a good idea.

To be there for our fellow men, all it can take is helping to keep your fellow man in line. Go to the gym together. Keep each other accountable. Now you have to show up because he's counting on you. If you see your buddy about to get hurt with a woman he needs to stay away from, try to advocate for him especially if he doesn't see what he's walking into. Give him advice. Be there for him. Help your fellow man help himself and give to himself.

We often see every man as competition today because we all want to be on shark tank or drive million dollar cars. Every man is your competition? Who are you going to hang out with? Get a drink with? Or even just have a coworker relationship with? You'll be alone. You cannot make everyone your competition. Your fellow man, in the same boat as you, is there for you to relate to. It's social communication, it creates huge seratonin and dopamine in our brains. We need to talk and relate to our fellow man. It feels good, it is programmed into us like breathing or eating, it keeps us alive. Without it you will starve, and enough money can't even fix it. A lot of men are starving.

Brotherhood is something strong. All the military members have huge brotherhood when they work out in training, and are around their fellow men. They often suffer huge depression when they go home and are alone because they are missing that. But today almost everyone is missing that, a huge portion of society is considered depressed and/or on psychiatric medication. You can find your brother anywhere. It just really depends on if people want to get out and go interact anymore...a lot of people would just rather stay in, alone, or find it too hard to meet people.

IsaacWest14 · 2023-09-17T15:39:55+00:00

Because men were supposed to be stoic and strong. We you think about soldiers, world leaders, captains and conquerors you think about men.

Good men have always been stoic. He didn’t have time to cry or give in to emotions. Yes they had mental problems but the mission and purpose comes first and we make ourselves strong by practicing self control.

A man is not a little girl when he has mental problems, he is when he cries all the time, complains and does nothing to change himself.

I believe the original man need toe be brought back into society, strong people like Hamza, Iman Gadzhi or Tate

Final_Acanthisitta_7 · 2023-09-17T23:57:57+00:00

that's changing in society. one of the first men to admit anxiety was quarterback Terry Bradshaw. He was a quarterback for the American Pittsburgh Steelers many years ago and is still a commentator. People had no idea until he started to discuss it, because he was a serial winner and a tough guy.

as men, we're expected to be protectors, and it's important that we don't give in to fear. having anxiety or other mental disorders is losing control of that ability to protect. the fact that we now understand there are physical conditions to these underpinnings and that being afraid isn't a choice means that there are treatments and makes the condition much less scary to other men.

Title	We have mental issues too.
Author	doctor_bobolas
Upvotes	28
Comments	7
Date	September 16, 2023 12:49 PM UTC (2 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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