Tag Archives: depression

The Swinging Blades Theory

Posted on September 12, 2011 by noahbrand

Pretty frequently in the United States, we get incidents like this, where a young father died of an infected tooth, for no other reason than not having health coverage. In response, we get smug assholery like this, saying (among other … Continue reading →

Posted in economy, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz | Tagged depression, emotions, masculinity | 46 Comments

Open Thread: Depression Part Five: What The Hell?

Posted on September 8, 2011 by ozymandias

Women attempt suicide more than men, but men are more likely to succeed. The primary reason for this is the difference in the methods used. Men tend to use typically masculine methods of committing suicide, such as hanging or guns, … Continue reading →

Posted in mental illness, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz, Uncategorized | Tagged depression, masculinity, men, suicide | 22 Comments

Depression Part Four: Male-Pattern Depression

Posted on September 5, 2011 by ozymandias

The core paradox of men and depression is this: women are more likely to be depressed; men are more likely to kill themselves. This makes literally no sense. Unless one is assuming a giant epidemic of men who wake up … Continue reading →

Posted in emotion, mental illness, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz, Uncategorized | Tagged alcohol, anger, chronic anger, depression, drugs, masculinity, mental illness, prison, sadness, self-medication, suicide, toxic masculinity | 44 Comments

Depression Part Three: Social Support

Posted on August 31, 2011 by ozymandias

(Author’s Note: Much of the material for this post and subsequent posts in this series comes from this document on men’s mental health problems.) Men are currently undergoing a social support crisis. “Social capital” is the social connectedness of a particular person– … Continue reading →

Posted in femmephobia, mental illness, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz, Uncategorized | Tagged depression, femmephobia, male friendship, social capital, social support, suicide | 22 Comments

Depression Part Two: Providing Emotional Support To Men Who Are Depressed

Posted on August 25, 2011 by ozymandias

(Note: Through this piece, I referenced the depressed person as “a man” and “he,” because this is part of a series about men with depression. Much of my advice, however, applies to depressed people of all genders.) The most important … Continue reading →

Posted in mental illness, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz | Tagged depressed man, depression, emotional support, therapy | 32 Comments

Depression Part One: Unemployment, Men and Suicide

Posted on August 23, 2011 by ozymandias

Recently, I came across this very interesting study about suicide rates as they relate to unemployment. Since I basically read everything with my Masculism Goggles on now (seriously, I do, it’s terrible), I happened to notice a few interesting statistics. A … Continue reading →