6 Signs Your Man Is Secretly Depressed And Wants You To Act
If you suspect at a man in your life might be suffering in silence, here are 6 signs of depression in men that show he may need some support and help.
1. They keep having unexplainable aches and pains.
This can be one of the biggest signs of depression in men. It can manifest as headaches, stomach pains, back or joint soreness — it can take many different forms.
Many men are hesitant to admit that they’re sick or suffering, but men, as a whole, are WAY more uncomfortable admitting to emotional pain, so those physical symptoms can actually be great red flags for helping your man recognize that something isn’t right.
2. They seem to feel neutral about everything.
How often does your man say “I don’t care”? Is it hard for him to get excited about anything? Does he shrug off everything, never expressing an opinion about anything?
When men are depressed, they can sometimes find it very hard to give a damn about anything in their lives, and that kind of extreme apathy goes hand-in-hand with depression.
3. They stop doing the things they love.
If your man won’t go out with his friends anymore, abandons his hobbies, or doesn’t seem interested in the things he used to be passionate about, he might be depressed. When men are depressed, it mutes all of their emotions, particularly feelings of happiness or joy. That’s why depressed men often pull away from activities that they used to LOVE.
4. They get angry.
When men are depressed, They experience pain and they don’t know why. And to solve, they choose to get angry. They lash out. They become surly and aggressive.
They become like a lion with a thorn in its paw — they’re hurt, scared, and they don’t know what to do about it.
The only response that seems to make sense is rage. It can make the people around them miserable, but it should be recognized as a cry for help more than anything.
5. They sleep all the time.
Excessive sleep is a form of self-medicating for depression. When just being conscious causes someone so much pain, they try to find any excuse to lapse into a deep sleep.
If it seems like your man never wants to get out of bed, you might want to start talking to him about depression.
6. They’re unrelentingly negative.
One way that men process depression is that it can fill them with a pervasive sense of pessimism.
Everything is the worst, we’re all doomed, why ever try because nothing is going to work out anyway.
If your man can find the dark lining of any cloud, that might be a big indication that something inside of him isn’t letting him tap into his positive emotions at the moment and he might need help.
