5 reasons men are more likely to commit suicide

Studies show that men are more likely to commit suicide than women, although women are more likely to be diagnosed with depression.

The World Health Organisation shows that in 40% of the world’s countries 15 per 100,000 suicides are committed by men.

Why is this?

1. Men do not open up about their feelings

Women are more likely to open up to friends or family about being in mental and emotional pain than men.

Also, another way to open up is by crying or expressing emotions and men are less likely to do this.

2. Men are more likely to engage in deadly habits

Alcohol and drug dependence is more common in men than women.

When they take alcohol and drugs, they exacerbate any issues they have and might lead to more risky behaviour than they anticipate.

3. Men are more likely to use risky means to attempt suicide

When men have made up their minds to commit suicide they go through with it in a way that prevents survival.

Men are more likely to jump from a storey building or a bridge or shoot themselves

4. Financial hardship is more likely to spur men to commit suicide

Evolutionary men have been providers and they take this role seriously, not being able to function as a result of unemployment or loss of a job after men's mental health more drastically.

5. Men do not seek help

Women are more likely to admit they are struggling than men and reach out for help.

Men love to keep the facade up that everything is going great.

Men need not feel the strain of mental health alone. They should reach out for help, speak about their feelings and know that they are not alone.

5 reasons men are more likely to commit suicide

Studies show that men are more likely to commit suicide than women, although women are more likely to be diagnosed with depression.

1. Men do not open up about their feelings

2. Men are more likely to engage in deadly habits

3. Men are more likely to use risky means to attempt suicide

4. Financial hardship is more likely to spur men to commit suicide

5. Men do not seek help

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