By Dhruv Khullar — 2018
Happiness has little to do with it. Research suggests meaning in your life is important for well-being.
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This cancer survivor tells us about overcoming depression after diagnosis.
Author Ian Newbegin’s life changed when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, but with optimism, he has created a way of life that allowed him to not just survive but thrive. Men Don’t Talk About . . . chronicles his journey from fear to acceptance and ultimately survival.
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Fatigue. Feelings of worthlessness. Loss of interest. We recognize these as classic signs of depression. But according to Terry Real, MSW, LICSW, these symptoms aren’t always the way men experience depression.
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania reported men with prostate cancer going through radiation therapy can benefit from yoga. They found that general quality of life and side effects were stable throughout radiation therapy while participating in yoga.
Fatigue is extreme tiredness. 3 in 4 men with prostate cancer will experience it at some point.
Movember ambassador and cancer survivor Ben Bowers battled testicular cancer twice—all before the age of 32. Hear about Ben’s cancer treatment, chemotherapy and how his fight led to depression and the end to his marriage.
Twenty years of experience treating men and their families has convinced psychotherapist Terrence Real that depression is a silent epidemic in men—that men hide their condition from family, friends, and themselves to avoid the stigma of depression’s “un-manliness.
Big Cass aka CaZXL shares his own struggle with depression and anxiety and urges everyone to stop hiding it and seek help if you need it!