Understand how mens issues shapes how you think, feel and interact, and find practical ways to support yourself and navigate the world with confidence.
Conditions
Let’s talk about mens issues
Overview
Men face unique challenges when it comes to mental health. Social expectations, stigma, and pressure to appear ‘tough’ can make it hard to talk about what’s really going on. Whether it’s stress, anger, isolation, or feeling stuck, it’s valid—and common. Support doesn’t mean weakness. It means taking your wellbeing seriously and choosing to live in a way that feels more open, balanced, and real.
Symptoms
Common Features of Mens Issues
Mens Issues looks different for everyone. Some people might notice challenges with change or social cues, while others experience sensory overload or a strong need for routine.
Physical Symptoms
Sensitivity to sound, light, touch, or smells
Emotional Symptoms
Feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or misunderstood
Behavioural Symptoms
Avoiding eye contact, repetitive movements (like hand-flapping), strict routines
Cognitive Symptoms
Focused or intense interests, literal thinking, difficulty reading social cues
Social Symptoms
Difficulty making or keeping friendships, social anxiety, or preferring to be alone
Treatments
What to Do: Evidence-Based Interventions
The management of Mens Issues is a process that requires a set of skills. These are ways you can manage and reduce intense feelings of Mens Issues:
- Start journaling your thoughts before bed—even a few lines counts.
- Plan time to talk to a mate about something other than work or footy.
- Look up a local men’s group or mental health resource—just bookmark it for now.
- Challenge a belief you’ve held about what it means to ‘be strong’.
- Start journaling your thoughts before bed—even a few lines counts.
- Plan time to talk to a mate about something other than work or footy.
- Look up a local men’s group or mental health resource—just bookmark it for now.
- Challenge a belief you’ve held about what it means to ‘be strong’.
- Start journaling your thoughts before bed—even a few lines counts.
- Plan time to talk to a mate about something other than work or footy.
- Look up a local men’s group or mental health resource—just bookmark it for now.
- Challenge a belief you’ve held about what it means to ‘be strong’.
- Start journaling your thoughts before bed—even a few lines counts.
- Plan time to talk to a mate about something other than work or footy.
- Look up a local men’s group or mental health resource—just bookmark it for now.
- Challenge a belief you’ve held about what it means to ‘be strong’.
- Do a short emotional check-in: how am I feeling physically and emotionally?
- Call or message someone you trust. Even a short check-in helps with isolation.
- Move your body—go for a walk, do a stretch, or lift something heavy. No pressure to make it perfect.
- Listen to a podcast or read a book that challenges outdated ideas of masculinity.
- Do a short emotional check-in: how am I feeling physically and emotionally?
- Call or message someone you trust. Even a short check-in helps with isolation.
- Move your body—go for a walk, do a stretch, or lift something heavy. No pressure to make it perfect.
- Listen to a podcast or read a book that challenges outdated ideas of masculinity.
- Do a short emotional check-in: how am I feeling physically and emotionally?
- Call or message someone you trust. Even a short check-in helps with isolation.
- Move your body—go for a walk, do a stretch, or lift something heavy. No pressure to make it perfect.
- Listen to a podcast or read a book that challenges outdated ideas of masculinity.
Tips & Tricks
Try for today
Try today: Gentle strategies that can support wellbeing for men’s mental health individuals
Tips & Tricks
Try for tomorrow
Now, let’s focus on what you can do to grow and get better. Here we share some proactive strategies and resources that can help you not just survive, but thrive, as you journey towards overcoming Mens Issues.
Seek Help
When to Seek Professional Help
If mens issues or related challenges are affecting daily life—like work, relationships, learning, or wellbeing—it can help to get support from qualified professionals. This could include psychologists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, or mens issues coaches who understand men’s mental health experiences and strengths.
Signs that professional guidance may be helpful:
– Persistent difficulties with communication, social interaction, or forming friendships.
– Significant sensory overload, meltdowns, or shutdowns that make daily tasks hard.
– High levels of stress, burnout, anxiety, depression, or frequent shutdowns.
– Planning a big change (like moving, or employment) where tailored support can ease transitions.
What professionals can offer:
– Support might involve talking to a psychologist, exploring patterns that hold you back, or finding tools that suit your goals and personality.
– Therapies that respect men’s mental health identity—like social skills training, sensory-based strategies, or anxiety‑focused CBT adapted for mens issues.
– Coaching or mentoring to build skills without forcing neurotypical norms.
– Support that values lived experience—many clinicians recommend learning directly from men’s mental health voices.
You don’t need to feel desperate to seek help—guidance can empower you to navigate life more smoothly, connect more deeply, and feel more in control of your own path.
Dr Sarah Herniman
Clinical Psychologist
Sarah is an AHPRA-registered Clinical Psychologist, and is dedicated to helping individuals lead fulfilling lives. Learn more about Dr Sarah
