Men and coping strategies.

Men may be less likely to access talking therapies, however new research has found that men with experience of depression and suicide have a range of prevention strategies to "keep myself feeling ok or on an even keel from day to day".

The top 10 are:

1.Eating healthily (54.2% do this regularly)

2.Keep myself busy (50.1%)

3.Exercise (44.9%)

4.Use humor to reframe my thoughts/feelings (41.1%)

5. Do something to help another person (35.7%)

6.Spend time with a pet (34.8%)

7.Accept my sad feelings/ 'this will pass too' (32.7%)

8. Achieve something (big or small) (31%)

9.Hang out with people who are positive (30.8 %)

10.Distract myself from negative thoughts/feelings (30.5%)

Men might find it difficult to talk about how they’re feeling, but there are services who can help men get there.

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