Some of you will of read Mark R’s story of which part of this blog is based on. Let’s look at the stereotypes first. Men must be seen to be strong and stable.
Men shouldn’t cry or show negative feelings. We all know these stereotypes are wrong and unhelpful to a good state of mental health but they do appear and people do follow them.So I went through the start of my anxiety problems avoiding telling people about them, they were too painful at the time and I didn’t want to be seen as abnormal.
I did cry due to the anxiety but I hated crying, I still hate crying it didn’t feel like I should be crying. I would see that everyone else was fine and I wasn’t.
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