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appalachiablue

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22. Correct. There's so much RAGE here, all over. And men are much less likely
Fri Feb 16, 2018, 09:27 PM
Feb 2018

to seek help and counseling. If and when they do, they're often real messes who've hurt themselves and others, as one expert put it. There's still so much stigma, it's 'unmanly', 'weak' to need or seek outside help and support.

Finding resources is not so easy or affordable as MH counseling/care becomes more and more inaccessible in the US.
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GUNS are way too available here, a 'Sport/Hobby' that's ballooned & turned deadly in the last 20 years. It's killing us & has to end.

Before the 2000s, I never saw anything like this GUN WORSHIP and VIOLENCE. Men in our family had arms and guns for hunting, were in the military, artillery spec., also in LE. They collected a bit and discussed with each other who had what I guess. But it was no big deal, and nobody fetishized guns or threatened anyone like today, ever.

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And guns. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #1
And this country makes it easy for rage filled, disturbed people to buy weapons. Initech Feb 2018 #3
Easier to buy a gun than Vote in many places in the US now, sick! appalachiablue Feb 2018 #20
Exactly Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #4
Even Mika and Joe talked about "testosterone-fueled" rage Ilsa Feb 2018 #2
Why don't they do something constructive with the rage? leftstreet Feb 2018 #5
I've often wondered that too. Initech Feb 2018 #6
That requires hard introspection and work. Ilsa Feb 2018 #9
Because boys are told that helping and nurturing isn't their job. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2018 #10
Learning to manage rage is defintely Ilsa Feb 2018 #7
Correct. There's so much RAGE here, all over. And men are much less likely appalachiablue Feb 2018 #22
Our culture isn't doing so well by men and boys. Patriarchy hurts men too, and doesn't give them a WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2018 #8
It's not just white guys mythology Feb 2018 #11
I don't entirely disagreed, but our society systemically advantages white men. If they have rage... brush Feb 2018 #12
When Youre Accustomed to Privilege, Equality Feels Like Oppression CrispyQ Feb 2018 #13
Your headline summarizes it perfectly. brush Feb 2018 #15
It's white men and angry white men. Initech Feb 2018 #14
Yep. Rage + firearm path to mass murder. forgotmylogin Feb 2018 #16
Rage is not a mental illness loyalsister Feb 2018 #17
I agree at least in part Sherman A1 Feb 2018 #18
A good book about the social, cultural and psychological stresses that provoke mass shootings: tblue37 Feb 2018 #19
I will check it out Sherman A1 Feb 2018 #21
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