Men's Mental Health: What Nobody Tells You About Grief, Suppression and Staying in the Fight

About this episode

This episode discusses men's mental health, focusing on grief, identity struggles, and the importance of addressing mental health issues openly.

⚠️ This episode talks openly about men's mental health, suicidal thoughts, and grief. If you or someone you know is struggling, please reach out. This is one of the most honest episodes I have ever recorded. I have spent the last five months in therapy, working through grief I suppressed for years — losing my dad, leaving the military, the breakdown of my first marriage, and the identity I built my whole life around. And this morning, I sat in the kitchen and cried. Not because I am depressed. Because I am finally dealing with it. In this episode, I talk openly about men's mental health — what it actually looks like, what causes it, and what I believe every man needs to hear. Inside this episode: • Why men's mental health is still misunderstood — and how far we have come in the last 10 years • My own story: PTSD after leaving the Royal Marines, drinking, divorce, and coming minutes away from taking my own life • The picture of my kids that stopped me — and why I am grateful every single day • Why identity, self-worth, and loneliness are the three biggest mental health struggles I see in men • How childhood belief systems drive the way men think, act, and struggle as adults • Why…

People in this episode

Host: James Boardman

Topics covered

• men's mental health
• grief
• PTSD
• identity
• self-worth
• loneliness
• mental health struggles

Keywords

• men's mental health
• grief
• PTSD
• self-worth
• loneliness
• mental health struggles
• therapy

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