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Arjun Gupta || Why we need to talk about men's mental health
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None of us want to be weak and none of us want to be seen as weak. But that does not mean we suffer in silence, which a lot of men seem to be doing. There is a big difference between vulnerability and weakness and in this episode we dig deeper into this.
Why is depression so misunderstood? What does research tell us about how masculine depression differs from a typical representation of clinical depression? How do men's coping mechanisms differ from women? We explore this through the lens of Arjun Gupta - researcher on men’s mental health and someone who’s battled through severe clinical depression.
We discuss
- What fueled Arjun’s purpose to spread awareness on men’s mental health.
- Why is depression so misunderstood? Why is it viewed as a weakness?
- The difference between vulnerability and weakness.
- How masculine depression differs from typical representation of clinical depression.
- Coping mechanisms of men vs women.
- Emotional Intelligence and how we can learn to take steps towards it.
- Arjun’s message to anyone battling through depression and self-harm ideations.
Arjun’s bio
Arjun Gupta is an Ex-MBBS student turned Psychologist and a researcher on men’s mental health. He has been open about his struggles with depression and self-harm ideations and strives to spread awareness about the same. He’s also building a startup called Mind Tuition to psychologically train students preparing for competitive exams.
He has been writing about mental health and psychology since 2017 and has written around 400 unique articles on his old blog titled "Knight of Steel". Currently, he writes a weekly newsletter that is read in 26 countries across the globe!
Connect with Arjun
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