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[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 57 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Green text, but men's health is a disaster and this has been me in the past before therapy and meds.

To be fair though I have several lifelong comorbid depression and anxiety disorders that I didn't get treated until I was 30. No 7 year old should have to be be suicidal.

I wonder how many other men are similar but never get treatment? Too many.

[–] DogWater@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I didn't know until I was 28. I'm on a wait-list for ADHD assessment now

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I was fwb with a guy for a couple of years and it was very clear that one of the benefits he enjoyed most was using me as an unpaid therapist.

I'm not saying this to complain, I'm saying that a lot of men only seem to be comfortable talking about emotions with someone they're having sex with.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world -3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I was fwb with a guy for a couple of years and it was very clear that one of the benefits he enjoyed most was using me as an unpaid therapist.

FRIENDS with benefits

JFC, what do you say when the friends that don't bang you come to with emotional problems, laugh in their face?

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 8 months ago

Friends with benefits implies sex without the emotional baggage found in a relationship. Or at least that's how I understand it.

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 4 points 8 months ago

Therapy would honestly do me good, I need somewhere to talk to where the recipient would keep it at least anonymous away from people I know and give me advice that they are literally trained to do