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Topic Tuesday // Is mental health more challenging for men? // 20 June, 7pm AEST
NikNikSenior Contributor
Topic Tuesday // Is mental health more challenging for men? // 20 June, 7pm AEST
Whether achieving and maintaining mental health is more challenging for men is a question with many different aspects and angles to explore. We are fortunate to be joined by Glen who is an experienced Counsellor with MensLine and someone with a strong commitment to mens mental health. He and @Former-Member will be exploring this topic and responding to your questions and concerns.
So whether your interest or concern relates to your own mental health or that of someone else in your life, please join us for this discussion.
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
Re: Topic Tuesday // Is mental health more challenging for men? // 20 June, 7pm AEST
@Glen-MensLineAu, @Former-Member, yes that is another factor now with my Husband is age , being 57 he is feeling
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Phoenix_RisingSenior Contributor
Re: Topic Tuesday // Is mental health more challenging for men? // 20 June, 7pm AEST
@Glen-MensLineAu wrote:
We can’t always control what’s going on around us...but we can control our choices to reach out for support.
@Glen-MensLineAu but sadly we can't control the quality of support that is available. I have settled with the tenth therapist I have seen in twelve months. She is far from ideal, but I'm too traumatized from therapist shopping to try again. I can totally understand why people give up after several attempts at trying to find support.
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QuillySenior Contributor
Re: Topic Tuesday // Is mental health more challenging for men? // 20 June, 7pm AEST
Hullo Glen, thank you for contributing tonight. Although I am female, I engage in conversation with men when we are in hospital and I find that when we try to talk about mental illness, we lack the language to explain our experience. We have jargon, "I'm unwell" does not sufficiently express our peculiar moods not related to our life, our urges to avoid unwanted emotions etc. How can we make it okay to have feelings? Okay to experience opposite emotions? ie anger instead of sadness
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
Re: Topic Tuesday // Is mental health more challenging for men? // 20 June, 7pm AEST
I totally agree @Former-Member xx
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Unknown userMember
Re: Topic Tuesday // Is mental health more challenging for men? // 20 June, 7pm AEST
Great point @Phoenix_Rising. This conversation is making me reflect more on not only if diagnosis has a bias but if treatment does too. @Glen-MensLineAu, I hope you don't feel bombarded by this discussion, but I wonder if you've found any sort of biases in diagnosis and treatment? Or if there are particular therapeutic approaches that you find more useful in treating men? Another big question right at ya 🙂
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AdgeSenior Contributor
Re: Topic Tuesday // Is mental health more challenging for men? // 20 June, 7pm AEST
@Former-MemberYes that makes sense. Between age 10 & early teens was when I experienced SA - yet my parents were completely unaware.
I felt unable to disclose that SA until over 30 years later, for the very first time. That disclosure was to a psychologist, who was also the first professional to diagnose my Complex PTSD.
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Unknown userMember
Re: Topic Tuesday // Is mental health more challenging for men? // 20 June, 7pm AEST
@Glen-MensLineAu Mr Darcy was seeking help, he was looking after his own mental health, he was compliant with his meds but due to his inability to articulate his symptoms he was becoming increasingly suicidal and attempted. It was only after I actively stepped in as his carer, looked things up and learned about mental illness that I realised things that had happened were symptoms and these things had not been understood or said, because of this the treatment he had been given was iatrogenic.
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Phoenix_RisingSenior Contributor
Re: Topic Tuesday // Is mental health more challenging for men? // 20 June, 7pm AEST
@soul wrote:
The last doctor told him that he didn't have BPD because if he did, he wouldn't know or admit to it.
@soul Good to know the stereotypical attitudes regarding BPD are still alive and well amongst mental health professionals in 2017. One of my failed therapist attempts last year told me that I couldn't have BPD because he liked me when he met me and people with BPD aren't likeable.
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redheadedSenior Contributor
Re: Topic Tuesday // Is mental health more challenging for men? // 20 June, 7pm AEST
I totally get the diagnosis bias especially with PDs.
And what do you guys think about transmasculine, in my experience ftm have even more issues trying to get help/support.
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Unknown userMember
Re: Topic Tuesday // Is mental health more challenging for men? // 20 June, 7pm AEST
I am so sorry to hear how tough it was to reach out @Adge but I am glad to hear that you have now.. and am glad to see you on the forums!
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