Are men more depressed than women?

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GuyAnswersGirls123 · Accepted Answer

I generally don't think so. A lot of people point out how men commit suicide at much higher rates than women but women attempt suicide 3 times more than men the last time I checked and are generally much more prone to self-harm. Men are just more successful at actually killing themselves when they try.

So this argument that women are less depressed and less anxious because women support each other doesn't make much sense to me since women still attempt suicide three times more than men.

Personally, I really think more men and women need to be taught how to think positively and productively these days (it definitely would have helped me enormously if I was taught this when younger; I had to study it for myself). It doesn't matter so much how much or how little social support someone receives if they're prone to think very negatively all the time, and someone who thinks very positively can generally be very cheerful even in their own company without so much support.

Men who aren't taught well can have a bad tendency to suppress their negative emotions like anger and sadness, especially sadness. Women don't as much. Yet both who aren't taught well suffer tendencies towards very negative thinking, and repressing or eagerly shedding tears, or repressing or having fits of rage, doesn't really impact mental health nearly as much as learning to think more positively. That's not a gendered issue as I see it; both sexes can be deeply inclined towards interpreting events in the most negative of ways until they're taught how not to do this.

BarryLiverstone · Accepted Answer

Generally speaking girls suffer more from anxiety and depression. But yes some guys also suffer

Lynx122 · Answer

I don't think so, it's a joke. Personally do like talking to women about my problems and stuff more. But I think that's just me. I can get along with guys well just hanging out but it has been more difficult for me to build a more deep connection. Even guys that I was pretty close with it doesn't feel the same I don't know.

ChicoFromThe305 · Answer

Yes, it's actually known more women have the highest rates of attempted suicide, more men have the count of successful suicide.

Anonymous · Answer

According to statistics women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression as men are. But that's just diagnosis.

You could make the argument that all women are quasi-mentally ill. While men have a tendency to push feelings deep inside there chest, lock it away and not deal with it.

In short, I don't think this question can really be answered.

Jennz6 · Answer

No Karen, we are more depressed than most men

DarkWinterNights · Answer

No, I think mere men are. They have to fight the darkness every day. But they’re typically better equipped to deal with it.

exitseven · Answer

Yes but most just suck it up. Thoreau wrote that most men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Wiredone · Answer

No I think more women get depressed than men

OtterMan68 · Answer

Men are less likely to get help or be open with their feelings, so probably yes.

Anonymous · Answer

A billion percent. Men have much more difficult lives and society gives absolutely zero fucks about us.

laly520 · Answer

women more depressed n anxious

moneymagnet24 · Answer

Both are depressed

BLP11520 · Answer

It’s 50/50

TallAnon · Answer

On average, yes

Slim57 · Answer

Probably

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