Men suppress their emotions and mental struggles because they are conditioned by society to hide anything perceived as weakness.

“We put that mask on to hide what appears to be weak to the world. Appears to be a failure, appears to be uh wounded to the world.”

Men are taught to build strength through suppression, which ultimately creates fragility and makes them incapable of handling life's real hardships.

“And what ends up happening is that man becomes incredibly fragile because he's actually not capable of dealing with the real hardship of life, of his life, of love, of loss, of grief because he's always full. He's always emotionally full.”

Men should prioritize seeking help and therapy when they are struggling because it is a vital step for mental well-being.

“it's okay to open up. It's okay to ask for help. And me trying to do my best in, you know, getting the message out, try to continue to put the message out, whether it's on my feed, tweeting about it in my story, just to try to continue to remind everybody that if you're feeling some type of way or i”

Emotional vulnerability should be viewed as a strength rather than a weakness for men, and is essential for achieving personal growth.

“I think we've got to shift the narrative that when you say something vulnerable that you're weak or that in some way you're a loser or in some way that you're not strong. But I think as we have these athletes and superstars talking about their pain. I think there's also been a trend online”

Men often struggle with being in tune with their emotions because society has conditioned them to avoid expressing feelings and to mask their pain.

“I think men are struggling with being in tune with their own emotions and feeling safe and feeling like they have permission from themselves to feel what they're feeling because Society has told them get over it effectively”

Depression in men often presents through irritability, anger, or withdrawal rather than traditional symptoms of sadness.

“men they don't express depression the way that we classically think of depression they may be irritable they may come home and you know knock a couple of bears back right they may be checked out they may have anger issues”

Male depression is a hidden epidemic often manifested through secondary behaviors like anger, addiction, and withdrawal rather than traditional symptoms of sadness.

“The subtitle of my book I don't want to talk about is the hidden epidemic of depression in men and it's hidden for two reasons the first is the men are shamed of it it's not unwillingly to be depressed it is unmanly to be overwhelmed by feelings and vulnerable”