This is a transcript from my radio show. Listen live weekdays from noon to 3 PM here. There is more and more data showing a crisis of isolation, and particularly it's a crisis of loneliness among men. I am the exact opposite in that at this point in my life, I want to be left alone. For example, I've got stuff I've got to do this afternoon. I've got to cut a couple of ads for advertisers and take care of a few other business things. But at 3:00 p.m, when this microphone goes off, I don't want to see another person or talk to another person or do anything. Yet, I've got a long list of things I've got to do today, and people I've got to connect to, and it's already making me anxious because I realize I'm at the point where I know I need to unplug.
Thanks for written this Erick. If the men in this country continue to go down the road of mental problems, then the women take more control and as a woman, we have enough feminization of society. We need men to be men and if men are in a mental state, they can't be the men we women need them to be! My Dad growing up always played golf on Saturday mornings, when it wasn't raining or snowing, with a couple of close friends. He did this till he was too old and frail to hit a golf ball and after reading your article I can see that those outings helped him stay the man I admired growing up!
I have extended family as my solution to this...And a lot of them.
This is me to a tee. I do not know how to begin to emerge out if this.
Story of my life Erick.....Down to just a few friends, and none of which I can truly confide in.
Social isolation and depression (especially in men) is equal to smoking for heart disease risk.
Thanks for written this Erick. If the men in this country continue to go down the road of mental problems, then the women take more control and as a woman, we have enough feminization of society. We need men to be men and if men are in a mental state, they can't be the men we women need them to be! My Dad growing up always played golf on Saturday mornings, when it wasn't raining or snowing, with a couple of close friends. He did this till he was too old and frail to hit a golf ball and after reading your article I can see that those outings helped him stay the man I admired growing up!