Why do women are more likely to suffer from anxiety and men more likely to suffer from depression?

[Anonymous]

I am anxious and I behave like a woman generally does when under pressure. I am never depressed.

[DoggyDude]

Your talking about sterotypes here. It's true that the most commonly understood male persona is more orientated toward depression than anxiety. Though thats also because men are expected and coerced societally to be the ones taking on the major responsibility regarding, work, pay and providing for the family. A man who exhibits anxiety is less likely to attract the sterotypical woman, who is looking for those traits, seeking to provide the sterotypical woman role, of nurture, care, looking good and mothering skills.

A sterotype is partly because the reality of the stereotype when first observed matched the prepencity of the average example; Though afterwards, the sterotype itself exherts a force towards self fullfillment, once the average man is expected to be a particular way by society at large, then thats how the average man learns to behave.

Whats my point?

Women and men suffer equally anxiety and depression. They are states brought about by life conditions and choices. Men hide anxiety and depression more than women, generally speaking, but again that is an expectation as much as anything.

Another aspect is hormones, its well understood that the levels of hormone in a human body leads to being more of less anxious, and its true that women have more hormones than men. So that is a contributing factor also. Ultimately though, don't worry, whatever your like doesn't change your biology or practical realities of your life. Live well.

[Unit1]

Women's upbringing told them to not do anything in dating and sit back like princesses and wait for miracles to happen and let men do everything. Thinking outside this upbringing raises anxiety levels on top of dealing with shitty and invasive guys, that overstep women's boundaries.

Men's life is simply depressingly shit. Unless you are a top tier man (top 10%) or wealthy. With 4x suicide rates, not being wanted by women, being broke, being ugly by nature's design, being forced into the military and fighting on the frontlines because some powerful 70 year old politician said so it's no wonder.

[Justneedtokno]

It seems as is women are pulled to do more things and be faceted and supposed to be capable of multitasking. As far as men you push to perform, and to protect, and to live up to the standards which can cause depression also, women do have depression as well, but it kind of comes from performing to be a mother, or doing certain task as well, this capability of being every single thing

[Justneedtokno]

Aw such thanks

[Account]

What are those common ways that women act while under pressure which cannot be observed in men?
I am really curious to see what stereotype lies behind that statement.
Also I am an anxiety-ridden person therefore I would like to know if according to you I match that stereotype as a woman.
And yes I am being a little snarky.

[Anonymous]

Not true. Women are twice as likely to suffer from depression too.

"Researchers have known for years that women are about twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression as men, with depression being the leading cause of disease burden among women."

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/depression-his-versus-hers#:~:text=Researchers%20have%20known%20for%20years,of%20disease%20burden%20among%20women.

[Aiko_E_Lara]

Its often addressed unlike men's mental health that's why those "studies" determine that. If that were true then there's suicide rate would have been twice as high.

[Opinion Owner]

@Aiko_E_Lara The thing is, the "attempted" suicide rate among women is actually higher, but most women just don't have the courage to actually do what it takes. Sadly, men do.

[Aiko_E_Lara]

Except attempted suicide are not a guaranteed that it is actually a real suicide attempt. You may not know that they're actually many men doing attempted suicide but like what I said it often goes unaddressed until they actually succeed. So you don't know how many times those suicidal men actually did attempts.

[TheSpaceGnome]

Neither gender is more likeky to suffer from either.
Those are just fancy words for fear and sadness, which everyone has.

Its not some kind of illness, its just normal emotions.

The only way to not get anxiety is to be fearless, which only idiots are. The only way to never be depressed, is to never experience loss, which is basically impossible.

[genericname85]

your statistics ar actually not correct. women are also more likely to suffer from depression. men are just more successfull at commiting suicide than women are. so more men die to depression so to say but more women are depressed.

and the reason for that is their natural predisposition to be more sensible towards dangers. which in order to bring up children successfully is usefull.

[LogicBomber]

Because society coddles and protects women. They have ZERO idea what it is like to actually struggle or be completely alone.
So when things are a little rough, they get anxious.
Men deal with the worst of things and are expected to do it alone, have no support. Society doesn’t give a fuck about men.

[AaronKrieger]

Women are more likely to suffer from depression. There a studies done about that. For the cause? It is probably due to hormones and effects from society, as it impacts both differently.

[Aiko_E_Lara]

Its often addressed unlike men's mental health that's why those "studies" determine that.

[AaronKrieger]

That mostly applies to when discussing why the likelihood is significantly higher for women - not the fact that they are more likely to.

[Aiko_E_Lara]

Because they are likely to be addressed. Men's mental health issues often goes unaddressed. In fact men commit suicide more than women.

[Apple1996]

And some of us are lucky enough to have both anxiety and depression 😆

[normalice]

Anxiety is depression for people who are used to feeling powerless.

[NewgodOmega]

If you belive that mens life in not depressing then you are still living inside matrix

[SolitarySolace]

Women create their own anxiety while men’s depression tends to come because of women

[handsomelad70]

I'm a layman, but could it be hormonal?