One of our inspiring Stories in 2017, was a young friend’s commitment to raise £1,000 for the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM).
Now we read of the charity’s effective work to prevent suicide in the young-male population in the UK – READ MORE HERE
WATCH What happens when you put eight men in a room with The Duke of Cambridge – HERE
CALM’s new research shows:
- 84% of men in the UK say they bottle up their emotions
- Nearly half said they suppress their emotions often or at least once day
- Almost two in three (62%) 18-24 year olds saying they regularly hide their true feelings
- The most common reasons men cited for not opening up about their emotions were not wanting to worry anyone (43%) and preferring to sort it out themselves (49%)
- Men were also found to be much less likely than women to open up face-to-face (63% v. 72%), over the phone (16% v. 27%) or by text (17% v. 27%) about their feelings
- Many men are feeling the pressure to ‘man up’ and bottle up their emotions, despite the fact the majority of people (52%) feel comfortable when a man opens up and half of us say we’re glad that a man has opened up to us
(YouGov 2017)