A psychiatrist, Dr Jolomi Ikomi says guys have to be allowed to cry while passing via a awful section to save you the build-up of poor feelings that may predispose to many intellectual fitness troubles, which includes despair, tension and suicide.

Dr Ikomi, who spoke on the digital November version of the Interactive Monthly Community Engagement (IMCE) collection of the Asido Foundation with the theme “Men’s emotional Wellness” to mark International Men’s day, stated crying in guys and boys in African tradition is visible as a signal of weak spot or being now no longer manly sufficient and the stereotype makes guys forget their emotional fitness.

Ikomi, the Medical Director of Outpatient Addiction Medicine, at Christiana Care Hospital in Delaware, USA, stated because the time of the COVID -19 pandemic because of social isolation and monetary crisis, there was an growth withinside the variety of fellows with intellectual fitness issues like melancholy and suicide.

According to him, regardless of the provision of powerful remedy for intellectual fitness conditions, many guys hotel to drug and alcohol use; social isolation and interact in high-danger behaviour to deal with inner emotional conflicts, in addition predisposing them to extreme consequences of intellectual fitness issues like suicide and homicide.

He brought, “such guys are three instances much more likely to turn out to be hooked on those materials and seven instances much more likely to die because of substance abuse. Suicide amongst guys is growing for distinct motives throughout all age groups; finished suicide has been proven to be three to 7 instances greater in guys than withinside the fashionable population.

“A lot of guys who devote suicide in no way attain out for assist or in no way are looking for any shape of intellectual fitness remedy commonly from feeling inadequate, feeling judged or matters going incorrect of their lives that they can't fix. “

Dr Ikomi stated effects of intellectual fitness stigma and inflexible masculine norms like “guys don’t cry”, don’t be a wimp” and “be a man” had contributed to discouragement in searching for assist, problems with interpersonal violence, boom in basic mental distress, worsening of melancholy and tension and abuse of materials.

The intellectual fitness professional stated to make sure the emotional well being of guys, there's a want for society to redefine masculine norms that promote it poisonous masculinity, and boom recognition of male suicide, in households masculinity does now no longer have to reveal that fathers as now no longer have terrible feelings and screening for intellectual fitness.

According to him, guys ought to forestall ignoring their feelings, communicate up and attain out for assist to get thru it.

He delivered that a terrific manner to take care of their emotional health is bodily activity, such as gambling football and they may additionally are looking for assist thru telemedicine.’

Earlier, Mr Oluwatosin Olu-Jacobs stated Asido Foundation, a now no longer-for-income company thru its programmes are looking for to counter the sea of ignorance, disgrace and stigma round intellectual fitness whilst offering evidence-primarily based totally interventions to enhance engagement and advocacy for intellectual fitness.
https://www.bigbrothergisthub.com/2022/11/men-have-to-be-allowed-to-cry-while.html

I didn't read the article, but it's okay if a man crys, he's human too.

[quote author=Nia69 post=118644372]I didn't read the article,


Then u have to read it again
Ndi feminist

Benki003:
Then u have to read it again
Ndi feminist

I'm not a feminist.

Nia69:
I'm not a feminist.

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Benki003:


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Nia69:
If I was I'd say it, there's nothing you can do about it but I'm not.

Nina right

Benki003:


Nina right

Thonia.

Who stop them from crying,they are the ones always forming strong head in the name of Men Don't Cry.

Cry for wetin?
If crying solves problems then it's acceptable but if it doesn't then what's the essence?

Before nko

Trust me, men cry. I don't know if I like it. From the recent events I was unfortunate to be a part of, n*gga cries at every given opportunity. Any small thing, water don full hin eye. Man kon soft pass woman. Dey do like new born baby, dey cry anyhow. If he annoy you, he go cry, if he dey vex, he go cry, if you no give am wetin he want, he go cry, if you give am good news, he go cry.

All I'm saying is, you're allowed to cry, we're all humans, but if your own is as much as this guy's own, brother please change. The tears will look like manipulation one-day

Nia69:
Thonia.

Ur not Nigerian
If not why the name

Nonye1234:
Trust me, men cry. I don't know if I like it. From the recent events I was unfortunate to be a part of, n*gga cries at every given opportunity. Any small thing, water don full hin eye. Man kon soft pass woman. Dey do like new born baby, dey cry anyhow. If he annoy you, he go cry, if he dey vex, he go cry, if you no give am wetin he want, he go cry, if you give am good news, he go cry.

All I'm saying is, you're allowed to cry, we're all humans, but if your own is as much as this guy's own, brother please change. The tears will look like manipulation one-day

I like the name Nonye. Is that your name?

Benki003:


Ur not Nigerian
If not why the name

I'm Nigerian. It's short form for Anthonia.

I only cry when George Michael is playing or old people suffering, otherwise I'm toxic af

I use the time for crying to strategize how to overcome my despair and avoid history from repeating itself because that modafoka always do.

Well, crying in men is normal. But men crying because of woman(nigerian girl for that matter) is not normal but simping and stupidity and such men are to be sent to correction center.

Nia69:
I'm Nigerian. It's short form for Anthonia.

Nice meeting you

Benki003:

Nice meeting you

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avoid her

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Crying is natural, it's part of us.

Eleyigidgan:
that girl na lesbian ooo.
avoid her

Who said men don't cry? They cry as much as women do, they don't only cry in public but when they are alone with no one around they cry.

Nia69:

thonia let's talk privately

Prettygirl200:
Who said men don't cry? They cry as much as women do, they don't only cry in public but when they are alone with no one around they cry.

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thonia let's talk privately

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we are listening.

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