One in four Australian men will be diagnosed with a mental health issue over their life, but of those only 25 per cent will seek help, research shows.
Up until about 18 months ago, Jed Zimmer felt his anxiety and depression were such "a sign of weakness" he chose not to tell those around him.
"Footy training, catching up with mates, everything was just a huge effort. I was constantly tired because I was putting on such a brave face, I was living in two different worlds."It was not until even things he loved became exhausting that Mr Zimmer understood talking about it was "the complete opposite" of a handicap.
In any year, 15 per cent of men will experience a mental health issue, most commonly anxiety or depression, and three-quarters of Australians who die by suicide are men.found only one-quarter of men experiencing mental ill-health would seek the support of a professional."Men who reported lacking close friends or relatives were around twice as likely to have thought about suicide in the past 12 months," said Dr Galina Daraganova of the AIFS.
According to Lifeline, 65,000 Australians make a suicide attempt annually and 3046 Australians died by suicide in 2018. It is the leading cause of death for Australians aged 15-44. She said unemployment was a key contributor to depression; men "out of work and looking" were two times more likely and those out of the labor force four times more likely to experience depression than employed men.
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