Whole mental health's hypocrisy during the whole mens mental health month...

Maffioze · 2024-12-03T16:44:12+00:00

The way therapy approaches men is one of the rare cases where the patients are blamed for the cure not being effective.

OvercookedS7 · 2024-12-03T18:01:53+00:00

I was having a chat with my GP a few days ago, and he asked if I was still in therapy. I told him no. Most of the clinics who will take my insurance have virtually all female therapists, and I want to see one who is male, since most of my symptoms of depression and low self worth revolve around lack of intimacy and trouble with dating and there are certain details that I would just be more comfortable and would probably get less of a negative reaction from if I expressed it to another man. His response was, "that is an interesting observation. I have noticed a lot less referrals coming in for therapists over the years who are men." Acknowledging the shrinking male presence within the field.

AshenCursedOne · 2024-12-03T17:00:39+00:00

Psychology has always only cared about women's health, and while some of the findings carry over because men are human too, a lot of the shit paychologists perpetuate is outdated pseudoscience primarily aimed at women and children.

That's because governments are more likely to fund help for women and children, and families are more likely to spend their money on the wellbeing of women and children. So research goes where the money goes.

There's large fields in psychiatry that focus on predominantly male issues like attention disorders, depression, etc. But these fields look at all of it through a female lens, that's why boys are over diagnosed with spectrum disorders and women are under diagnosed, because psychology and psychiatry relies on the underlying belief that women's undesirable behaviours are the default and good behaviours, and men's undesirable behaviours are an ilness. So a woman with autism or attentive disorder is not treated as struggling, she's just a strange woman, while a man with autism or attentive disorder is seen as broken, since his capability to fulfil the male role is in question.

It's the same with therapy, it takes support structures designed for women and applies them to men, and teaches them to behave in a more stereotypically feminine fashion. That's why most therapy is less successful and helpful for men, it's not designed for them. It's also why coaching has been much more successful for men than therapy, as coaching relies on establishing goals and achieving them, and developing useful coping strategies, this appeals to the average male because they've been doing that their whole life. While therapy is more about shifting the mindset and letting go of issues, it's about learning to not feel responsible, which is useless for someone whose entire life relies on and is judged on being the pillar of responsibility.

TeaHaunting1593 · 2024-12-03T20:37:00+00:00

Men dont want to speak up" "Dont want to talk about their feeling, and worry about being seen as weak.."

I hate this stereotype as it's not at all true for me except in situations where I know that being open and vulnerable actually will have negative effects on reputation etc. But it's not because I personally have any preoccupation with being tough. It's because of how society in general is.

They always use this to in mens mental health issues on the men themselves for not wanting to be open instead of looking at the society that punishes men for it.

Title	Whole mental health's hypocrisy during the whole mens mental health month...
Author	Express-Reflection73
Upvotes	69
Comments	10
Date	December 2, 2024 8:12 PM UTC (1 year ago)
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