Category / Masculinity Issues / Self-Development
Masculinity issues are a hot topic these days. Society is realising that men and boys are struggling and that we don’t know how to help them.
Male feelings are often reduced to anger or arousal, but the truth is that men have as complex an array of emotions as anyone else, but might struggle to express them. You might think that your feelings are shameful, or that your problems are minor and that you should be able to deal with them alone.
If you’ve been brought up to believe that ‘boys don’t cry’ or that the best way to deal with conflict is to fight it out, you might end up denying yourself the ability to feel other emotions, and that can be very isolating, leading to a sense of loneliness. How can you ask for help if the very act of asking for help is seen as ‘unmanly’?
In this section, you will find articles addressing the particular problems of masculinity issues, be it life transitions, work and family conflicts, through to relationship problems and suggesting some avenues of support if you’re struggling with these issues yourself.
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![The Wisdom of Women How Men Can Learn Through Loss and Listening]()
The Wisdom of Women: How Men Can Learn Through Loss & Listening
Something occurred to me earlier today, and I’d be lying to myself if I didn’t acknowledge the fact that the wisdom of women has played a big part in this. I’ve had a strange week, I was dumped…kind of twice, I’ve been adjusting to the lifestyle of the unemployed after leaving my job which was…
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![Behind The Glass: - Living Life In A Slow, Cruel, Seemingly Self-Induced Purgatory]()
Behind The Glass: Living Life In A Slow, Cruel, Self-Induced Purgatory
I feel like I’m behind the glass, knocking on a large, thick window. Sometimes impassioned, irate, wanting to shatter the pane and step through into what is ahead of me. More often, I just glance through and watch, pathetically defeated, with nothing to offer, barely even any anger or drive to stir up, let alone…
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Why Join A Men’s Therapy Group? Rob Francis Outlines The Reasons
If you’re a man and thinking of engaging in counselling or psychotherapy, a men’s therapy group can be an excellent place to start. Men join therapy groups for many reasons, to work on all kinds of experiences and themes, as they do in starting individual therapy. These can include things like the experiences that we…
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Man Down: Why Is It That Males Find Sharing Their Personal Issues So Difficult?
When it comes to males sharing their personal issues with a friend, family or therapist, there seem to be large barriers for them to overcome in order to seek help with the problem. For example, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a man in a car, even when hopelessly and utterly lost, is incapable…
