Increasingly accessible and widely shared, the stark statistics relating to the state of men’s mental health can no longer be brushed aside. In the UK, 12.5 per cent of men are suffering from one of the common mental health disorders. Worse still, 76 per cent of suicides – over two-thirds – are by men. Until the age of 35, if you’re a man in the UK, the thing most likely to kill you, is you.1
People suffering from depression can display a wide range of symptoms, which are classified as being either mild, moderate or severe. Like any mental illness, however, depression is complex and not easily defined, and it’s possible for one person’s depressive episode to shift from mild to severe and back again. Depression can develop without distinct triggers, or it can be caused by confusing periods in our lives.