| Most are well aware that men and women handle | | | | try and ignore their stress or simply fight through it, |
| their emotions differently, and the way that both | | | | many will start to suffer physical and mental |
| genders handle stress is really no different. In general, | | | | symptoms created by the intense stress they are |
| women appear to handle stress better than men, while | | | | experiencing. Some will suffer headaches, others will |
| men try to ignore it instead of trying to deal with it. This | | | | suffer stomach aches, neck and/or shoulder pains, |
| natural tendency is probably one of the worst things a | | | | back pain, have the inability to sleep properly and/or |
| person can do, and it could possibly be on of the main | | | | even have a loss of appetite, have a difficult time in |
| reasons why so many men are prone to severe | | | | concentration on their work, become frustrated, irritable |
| cases of depression. The stress becomes too much | | | | and even depressed. Too much stress takes its toll on |
| for them to ignore and by this time many will try to | | | | a person, especially those who do not get the help that |
| self-medicate, or even try to run from their stress | | | | they need. It can eventually turn into heart problems or |
| through different means. | | | | some other kind of health problem. Some men will |
| There are many things in life that can create stress for | | | | even go so far as to try and self-medicate by taking |
| men, especially married men. Society can be | | | | drugs or drinking excessively, which is not the way to |
| demanding on men, especially if they are married | | | | properly deal with stress because it will only make it |
| because they not only have to look out for | | | | worse in the end. |
| themselves, they are pressured to properly support | | | | One of the main reasons why men will refuse to seek |
| and care for their family, as well as to protect their | | | | help from a therapist is because they don't want to be |
| family. Much of this is natural for the man to worry | | | | seen talking to a therapist or counselor. They don't |
| about these things and their family because it has | | | | want to appear weak and want to show others that |
| generally always been that way. Even though more | | | | they can handle their problems on their own, without |
| women are starting to become the bread winners for | | | | any outside help. Online therapy is allowing men to find |
| many families, the men tend to feel it is still their | | | | help in a more discreet and confidential way. Online |
| purpose to ensure that their family has everything that | | | | therapy is just like traditional therapy, it's just over the |
| they need. Many of the specific reasons for men to | | | | internet. The online therapist or counselor will work with |
| become stressed would include their need to excel at | | | | the patient to help them learn how to deal with their |
| work, being unemployed, conflicts in the home, divorces | | | | stress properly, as well as find healthy ways to |
| or breakups, poor health, financial worries and/or | | | | alleviate stress. |
| non-ideal living environment. As a result of their need to | | | | |