For You, Piers Morgan

'I'm not convinced by this new trend of male public soul-bearing. Time for our gender to get a grip, methinks. Life's tough - man up.'
Piers Morgan, Twitter  Friday 5th May 2017

'34 million UK adults are mentally ill? What utter nonsense. Man up, Britain and focus on those who REALLY need help.'
Piers Morgan, Twitter  Wednesday 10th May 2017





'For the first time in history, more people die today from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die of old age than from infectious diseases; and more people commit suicide than are killed by soldiers, terrorists and criminals combined.'
Yuval Noah Harari, 'Homo Deus'




'How are you?', or one of its many derivatives, is probably the most commonly asked question in the English language. A throw-away pleasantry usually responded to with the equally vacuous, 'I'm fine.'

The problem is, for a lot of young men, that's often just not the case.

If you've ever read anything about mental health in the UK, you'll probably already know this, but for the unaware, there is a statistic about young men that is, frankly, flabbergasting.

The biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK is suicide.

Even if you already knew, just really think about that for a moment. Despite all the horrible diseases we could contract, accidents we could be in or potential ways we could kill each other, we're still killing ourselves more frequently than any of those things.

What's more, of the 6000+ British lives lost to suicide each year, nearly 75 per cent of those are male.

So what the hell is going on inside our heads that leads us to take the ultimate step with such frightening regularity? The answer is actually quite simple: nobody knows, because we stubbornly refuse to talk about it.'
The Independent  Saturday 10th September 2016

Australian 'Man Up' Campaign
'Written and authorised by your mum,your dad, and every mate you've ever had.
'Your wife, your son, your daughter, your brother, your sister, they'll miss ya.
'Your girlfriend, your boyfriend, the girl in the milk bar, neighbours near and far.
'Your teacher, your dog, your barber, they'll be sorry for your loss.
'Those little words are hard to find, with love from those you'll leave behind.'