Men Depression In Women

A statistic pertaining suicide and gender is that women are more common to attempt suicide; men are more likely to complete suicide (Nelson, Ballas). Females are more likely to talk about their emotions. Sometimes, they may attempt suicide to seek attention or express their emotions. On the other hand, males normally keep all of their feelings on the inside. Because of this, men could be more prone to actually ending their life over seeking attention. The gender issue linked with suicide can result in men and women reacting differently to their emotions, showing how much of a problem it

Men are less likely to seek help for depression because in countless societies, men are looked down upon for showing emotion. Untreated depression can then easily lead to suicidal thoughts and eventually suicidal behavior. Men throughout the world carry the burden of concealing their weaknesses from those around them for

Bipolar disorder is much less common than the other types of depression. To help with diagnosis, doctors look for signs and symptoms of depression and assess their severity, duration, and effects on everyday life. (http://www.prozac.com/DiseaseInformation/TypesOfDepression.jsp) The Way Men Think About Themselves The way that men think about themselves can be quite unhelpful. Compared with women, they tend to be far more concerned with being competitive, powerful and successful.  Most men don’t like to admit that they feel fragile or vulnerable, and so are less likely to talk about their feelings with their friends, loved ones or their doctors.  This may be the reason that they often don’t ask for help when they become depressed. Men tend to feel that they should rely only on themselves and that it is somehow weak to have to depend on someone else, even for a short time. This traditional view of how men should be always tough and self-reliant. Some men find that owning up to their depression actually results in their partner rejecting them because of this. Even professionals sometimes share this view, and may not diagnose depression in men when they should. Instead of talking about how they feel, men may try to make themselves feel better by using alcohol or drugs. This will usually make things worse in the long run. Their work will suffer and alcohol often leads to

A clear disparity in suicide exists among males and females. The CDC (2015), reports males four times more likely to commit suicide and represents 77% of all suicides. Females tend to develop suicidal thoughts and use passive methods of suicide such as overdoes or poisoning (CDC, 2015). To contrast, males will likely use a lethal method of suicide such and a gun shot to the head or hit by train (CDC, 2015).

Studies have shown that men have searched for help with depression just as well as women. However, it’s less likely for men to seek help because women are more vulnerable to depression. From younger years’ boys are taught to avoid revealing their emotions because it might threaten their social rank and their sense of identity. Men have the idea if they ask for any type of help they will lose their masculine touch. Men are more likely to help others rather than help themselves.

It can make a person’s capability to function lower. Having depression can affect a person emotionally, physically, behaviorally, and in a person’s thoughts and perceptions. When a person is emotionally affected the symptoms include sadness, anxiety, guilt, anger, mood swings, lack of emotional responsiveness, helplessness, and hopelessness. When a person is physically affected the symptoms include chronic fatigue, lack of energy, sleeping too much or too little, overeating or loss of appetite, constipation, weight loss or gain, irregular menstrual cycle, loss of sexual desire, and unexplained aches or pains. When a person is behaviorally affected the symptoms include crying spells, withdrawal from others, neglect of responsibilities, lost of interest in personal appearance, loss of motivation, and worrying.

As part of my research that I conducted, I found out that there were higher rates in female suicide rates compared to male suicide rates. Research has proved this through the Office for National Statistics report by the following statistic; Men aged between 45 and 59 had a higher suicide rate causing more deaths than women in 2014. https://www.ons.gov.uk/. This was men’s suicide rates causing 23.9 deaths per 100000 whereas women’s suicide rates causing 7.3 deaths per 100000. https://www.ons.gov.uk/. The reason for which males had higher suicide rates compared to female suicide rates may be that men may be less likely to seek help and request support. Typically, women are more likely to seek medical advice than men when they are unwell. This may be true for mental health services as well. A man may be less likely to express his emotions due to it not being

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Hey Kristian good points! I do agree that men are more likely to commit suicide than women. Society pressures men to be the one that makes the most income and be the most competitive. However when some men cannot do these things, it leads to stress and depression which could lead to suicidal thoughts.

Symptoms of depression: There are many symptoms of depression. Depression symptoms can range from mild to serve. Here are some of the symptoms you could possibly experience when dealing with depression:

While this may appear contradictory there is a simple explanation behind this fact. As stated earlier, there tends to be more social supports for women than men: men tend to be more isolated. Marriage is a protective factor against suicide for men but not for women (Gold, 2005). This is due to lack of social bonds in men. men in general have only their spouse who acts as a main social support in times of distress. Meanwhile, women have many others to call upon in times of distress. This puts men at a higher risk of suicide since one of their few social support systems will disappear after experiencing relationship

Men tend to be more risky about things, meaning that when they want to commit suicide, they will find the most successful way to do it. Also, middle-aged men have a great deal of stress for various reasons which we will find out soon. Men are more likely to commit suicide because of the methods they use to attempt, their gender role, and age related stress. Men are expected to fulfill so many social and gender roles, it can be very hard for them to

Men and women are biologically similar in regards to the hormones and chemicals involved with depression. However socially, each gender encounters different social afflictions that can often lead them into depressive states. In this essay, we will explore the common struggles that each gender experiences and how these realities effect their contrasting developments of depression.

     People who usually experience depression, can seem fine. But there are many key signs to show that they are depressed. Such as, change in school performance, eating habits change, constant unhappiness, low self esteem, guilt, social isolation, inability to concentrate, irritable or angered easily, or has a severe lost of energy.

Most depressed individuals feel there is no way to end the misery and torture of