Stoicism vs. Suppression: What “Toughness” Does to Men’s Mental Health
His father never complained about anything. Not when the business went under. Not when his back pain got so bad he couldn’t sleep. Not at...
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His father never complained about anything. Not when the business went under. Not when his back pain got so bad he couldn’t sleep. Not at...
Read Article →He has his wife, his coworkers, a few neighbors he talks to across the driveway. His contacts list has hundreds of names. If you asked...
Read Article →He’s 47. His kids are mostly grown. He’s good at his job, maybe the best he’s ever been. He has a house and a retirement...
Read Article →The baby was three weeks old when he first had the thought. Standing in the kitchen at 4 a.m., rocking her in the dark because...
Read Article →Six weeks after his father died, he redid the driveway. Pressure-washed it, resealed it, edged the entire perimeter by hand. Took a weekend and a...
Read Article →Every night around 7 p.m., something in him relaxes. He’s poured his second drink, the kids are quieting down, the day’s pressure is starting to...
Read Article →He agreed to try therapy the way he agreed to go to the doctor: reluctantly, after someone he cared about made clear that not going...
Read Article →She brought it up after dinner, calmly, the way she’d planned it. She said she felt like she was living with someone who wasn’t really...
Read Article →He used to love baseball. Now the equipment sits in the corner of his room untouched for three months. He sleeps until noon on weekends,...
Read Article →He came back from deployment and within six months was running a division at work. Organized, effective, always three steps ahead. He reads rooms the...
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