Hinesh Chauhan speaks in a short YouTube video for International Men's Day (Nov 19, 2023), focusing on male suicide: he cites that men die by suicide at roughly four times the rate of women (and divorced men at nine times the rate of women), links higher male suicide to untreated addiction, alcoholism, mental-health struggles, homelessness, and systemic failures, and shares a personal loss (his brother) to emphasize the urgency. He highlights pressures faced by veterans and fathers, calls out stigma around seeking help, and urges men to reach out to friends, professionals, crisis lines, or Veterans Affairs programs; he closes by celebrating fathers and encouraging ongoing support and self-care.
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Why are suicide rates so much higher for men? Today is International Men's Day, and this year's focus is on male suicide. Now, the reality is that men's suicide rates are four times higher than women's, and a divorced man's rate is nine times higher than that of a woman's. Why is that? It tells a really big story and really, really need to dig under that to understand and understanding that men have a higher rate of addiction, alcoholism, mental health, struggles that are untreated, homelessness and more. I lost my brother three years ago to suicide. He was a husband, a father, and an army intelligence operator. We really need to understand the pressures that men face. For my brothers in arms who deploy and have to do unmentionable things and step up in situations others aren't willing to, to then come home and conform and assimilate into an environment that they're not used to. The dads who face parental alienation and sometimes obscene financial obligations and supporting the other parent. And the system supports it. The system leads to these outcomes. So the studies, the studies show that an active father increases the rates of success for children. It's inarguable in arguable study after study after study. So why doesn't the system support this? And in understanding these challenges, there's an underlying stigma in seeking support or seeking help. And to all men out there, to dads, to men, to boys, it's okay. It's okay to hurt, it's okay to need help, and it's okay to ask for that help. And I encourage you, I encourage you to do that. Reach out to friends, reach out to a professional, call your local mental health crisis line that that exists in all Western countries. And if you're a veteran, reach out to your Veterans affairs office. They have programs, they have support, and they're meant to support you, but you need to step up and ask. So I'm celebrating, celebrating men today. I want to celebrate all the dads out there, especially to the dads who are doing the best job raising your kids. Keep doing what you're doing and understand that you're leading your kids to a better life and that anything you do to improve your life and your mental health will only better that of your kids.
