We don’t talk about men’s mental health enough.
Guys, y’all alright?
Angry guys, y’all okay?
Nonchalant dudes, you good?
Distant men, you need to talk to somebody?
Take some time and reflect. Take care of yourself. No one else is going to, so make sure you’re your own
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@BarefootElleck
I am not ok... just trying to get by right now. It takes a lot of work just to seem happy... I go to therapy today... I just don't know my own mind right now
@EmeraldtheV
That’s okay, sometimes we are in places like that. Reintroduce yourself to yourself. You’re changing and it’s new, but it won’t always be 💜
@BarefootElleck
No really. Been working so much and focusing on pushing myself with my job and content that I feel like I’m slipping away from folks I care about. Need a break but there’s no time for everything.
This may be controversial, but I’ve seen some good men in my life completely wrecked by mental health. Some of y’all are really going thru it on this post. Talking about it is the first step! Proud of y’all. Happy to see some finding ways to take care of yourselves. You got this!
@BarefootElleck
Well.... I'm single, 30, dead end job, living with parents, constantly feeling abandoned or neglected by friends, anxiety up the ass.... could be worse.
@RyugamiSetsuna
Listen, the best advice I can give someone is the moment you stop caring you’re single is the moment you start to love yourself.
The moment you start loving yourself is when you’re finally ready for someone else.
If you can’t love yourself, how will you gonna love someone else?
@BarefootElleck
Well, I’m stuck between 4 walls:
-A shit work with not enough pay and toxic environment
-The feeling that I will die alone with no partner in life
-Feeling disappointment towards myself for finishing a career I didn’t like
-Lack of purpose because I don’t know what to do in life
@suwa_tan
Dude none of those will be okay until you take time for yourself. If you don’t learn to accept yourself, you can’t extend that acceptance to others. Loving yourself is hard. Learning by to accept yourself is a start to that. I used to be in all four of those situations 1/2
@BarefootElleck
As someone who stuggle a LOT with depression and anxiety (yeah, it's that kind of messed up), seeing posts like this is a real pick me up.
Thank you.
@BarefootElleck
Honestly?
No not really.
I am 26 years old, never really leave my house, am unemployed and have no friends.
I can barely take care of myself and have no real desire to actually live past the age of 30 due to my life being virtually non existent.
But hey, It is what it is
@BarefootElleck
Its just been a constant stream of “oh your not doing so well? Bottle it up and deal with it later. You dont have time rn, you dont get to be sad.”
@atomichikentaco
This, honestly. But you do have time to be sad. If you don’t take that time, then when you explode form the pressure, the recovery is so long. Take the time for you now, acknowledge it and feel it, and then take a deep breath and try again