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Growing a moustache is just the beginning 🥸
This Movember, let's talk about men's mental health.
Stigma and social expectations can make it harder for men to speak openly about their mental health or seek support. Challenging these barriers matters.
💙 The EU's comprehensive approach to mental health promotes prevention, supports mental wellbeing and aims to improve access to quality, affordable mental healthcare.
Talking about mental health should never be something to shy away from.
@EUCommission Appreciating how thé EC cares for mental health of all europeans, considering how disturbing its policies can be (#chatcontrol etc)
But we do care, @uriel!
Mental health is public health, and we can only benefit when we all take care of each other. 🫂
More about our approach to mental health here: https://health.ec.europa.eu/non-communicable-diseases/mental-health_en
@EUCommission 30 years in therapy and I still cant do any of those. "Please legalize weed for these reasons"
@EUCommission For me personally I have a rule:
"Only in here 🧠, never out there 🌍️ "
I know it's bad but I've seen too many examples of it being used against you so I myself am a little more careful with this
@stux
You reminded me this saying
Some obsess over cleanliness expensive shampoo, perfume, tailored clothes while their minds hold ideas filthier than the shit under their shoes. And not even their own ideas to defend, but society's. Move them and they become someone else, will-less.
We are so sorry to hear that, @stux!
Stigma and discrimination shouldn't have to be a part of anyone's lived reality anymore, but unfortunately, they often are.
By talking openly about men's mental health, we want to play a small role in normalising these conversations.
Beyond that, read more about our mental health strategy: https://commission.europa.eu/topics/public-health/european-health-union/comprehensive-approach-mental-health_en
I'm not sure I understand you here. Are you saying that men who reach out for help find their vulnerability used against them? I can certainly imagine that happening in certain social circles and work environments.
@CppGuy @EUCommission Yes, I can only speak from personal experiences
That goes for friends, family or even loved ones unfortunate
"Harder for men to reach out"
🤔 And none of those conditions are encountered by women. Interesting perspective considering the weight of living under the burden of misogyny that has the sole purpose to silence women asking their needs be met.
Perhaps there's a need to reexamine exactly what's really going on?
Hello @TrueNorthSpice!
The systems that adversely affect women are also bad for men. We're here to fight inequality, stigma, and discrimination in all of it's forms.
Maybe they are bad for men but women don't have a choice whereas men do .
I am aware a few women are allowed to rise to the top, but men still hold all the power and block attempts to achieve equality.
On paper, laws look fair but in real life they are fill of loopholes and are circumvented by the very people who put them in place.
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@EUCommission
It’s quite remarkable that the EU, of all places, is talking about mental health.
Take a look within your own ranks to see how many people there are who have been bought off, are mentally unstable, and are controlled by outside forces—people who serve the interests of capital at the expense of citizens.