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When your focal point becomes troubled over a long period of time with things that you can barely control, you can easily be depressed.
Men are seen as head of families. With all due respect, even though women make decisions at homes, men are expected to make conscious decisions to keep the family or relationship in positive check.
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The desire to be independent right out of high school, roam with friends, break some one or two rules for nothing and later get the right woman to marry seems a like a simple path for most men during teenage years.
According to suicide.org, a teen takes his or her own life every 100 minutes. Suicide is the third-leading cause of death for young people ages 15 to 24.
Approximately 20 per cent of teens experience depression before they reach adulthood, and between 10 to 15 per cent suffer from symptoms at any one time.
Only 30 per cent of depressed teens are being treated for it. Some teens are more at risk for teen depression and suicide than others.
Interestingly, another research noted that females attempt suicide twice as often as males but males are four times as likely to die by suicide during their lifetime.
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Speaking on Joy Prime’s Facebook Live programme show, The Office with Yayira Coffie on the Topic, “When men struggle, who listens to their story?”, Counsellor Amos Kevin-Annan lectured females on how best they can talk and act to their lovers to get them out of their depressed states.
The most important element he emphasized was that men easily get depressed and that is because “they are not pillows to rest on” which many women would want to.
The counsellor stressed that “some women want to fix men” and the end result to that is he “…will unleash his wrath towards you” when he is depressed.
He continued that, “You don’t go and try to fix his life. No one wants to be fixed. They need a friend.We know that people are level headed. When you extend an arm of friendship to a man let him feel like you are a human being. Sometimes, we dehumanize people. If he doesn’t open up, don’t cry.”
On maintaining the balance, Mr Kevin-Annan cautioned men to open up when matters are getting out of their hands to avoid facing depression.
“Men must understand that they are not perfect and not bold as they are told or weakness free. There are mountaintop days and Valley days. Whenever you find yourself in the lonely valley, speak to a friend who can add value to your life.
“Don’t thrash yourself, treasure yourself,” he advised.
See the full interview above.