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Leashing the Black Dog: A Guidebook to Understanding and Managing Male Depression
Depression isn’t something a lot of men like to talk about because in the modern West it is seen as a weakness, and a man isn’t supposed to be weak. What’s more, men are generally less apt to talk about how they’re feeling than women are. We’re more action-oriented and externally-driven, and pay less attention to what’s going on within.
But a lot of men are silently suffering. They’re tired of feeling numb inside. Suicide, a common outcome among people (especially men) experiencing severe depression, has been on the uptick since 2000. Of all the people who committed suicide in 2013, 77% were men. It’s a problem that hits men the hardest, but no one is talking about it that much.
In Leashing the Black Dog: A Guidebook to Understanding and Managing Male Depression, Art of Manliness Editor-in-Chief Brett McKay shares his personal struggle with depression and takes readers on a journey to understanding how to leash what Winston Churchill called "the Black Dog."
In this 65-page ebook (PDF), you'll learn:
- The surprising history of depression
- What causes depression
- The symptoms of depression in men
- Action-oriented, researched-back steps you can take to manage your depression
This book doesn't promise a cure to depression (which doesn't exist), but will empower individuals to put a leash on their own black dog.
But a lot of men are silently suffering. They’re tired of feeling numb inside. Suicide, a common outcome among people (especially men) experiencing severe depression, has been on the uptick since 2000. Of all the people who committed suicide in 2013, 77% were men. It’s a problem that hits men the hardest, but no one is talking about it that much.
In Leashing the Black Dog: A Guidebook to Understanding and Managing Male Depression, Art of Manliness Editor-in-Chief Brett McKay shares his personal struggle with depression and takes readers on a journey to understanding how to leash what Winston Churchill called "the Black Dog."
In this 65-page ebook (PDF), you'll learn:
- The surprising history of depression
- What causes depression
- The symptoms of depression in men
- Action-oriented, researched-back steps you can take to manage your depression
This book doesn't promise a cure to depression (which doesn't exist), but will empower individuals to put a leash on their own black dog.
69 pages, ebook
Published May 26, 2017
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December 31, 2024
After changing my 2024 reading challenge goal for the tenth time this year, I actually achieve my goal that I set five seconds ago. If you are feeling depressed, try lowering your standards. It works every time and I am not a doctor. But I have a good friend who is a doctor (shoutout to Dr. B. Zimmerman) and that should count for something. It is not my mom. Sorry mom. She sometimes thinks she is a doctor because... "I carried you for nine months and that means if you took more vitamin C and garlic you wouldn't have gotten sick or something"
I like Brett McKay and that is why I read this book. I am not depressed about not finishing more books this year. You are. (Seriously, just lower your reading goal to match the books you read. Life changing.)
I am tots fine, no cap, fr fr.
...send help
I like Brett McKay and that is why I read this book. I am not depressed about not finishing more books this year. You are. (Seriously, just lower your reading goal to match the books you read. Life changing.)
I am tots fine, no cap, fr fr.
...send help
May 29, 2024
This was was very helpful with understanding and mitigating depression. It was staight and too the point which is what needed.
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