The male suicides: Social perfectionism is killing men — and things are getting worse

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132. Great article Katashi_itto, lots of good information to think about.

I have five brothers, and knowing the rates for suicide if one has already lost a parent to it, I honestly worry about two of them. One is very high up in the RCMP and never stops, he's also a lawyer and spent some time as a Crown Prosecutor, getting all of this education while working and being given leaves by the RCMP to serve in court. He's a complete learn/&/work-a-holic. He's adopted two foster children he took in as toddlers along with his own 5 kids. Now that he's divorced, he's doing it all by himself and I'm so afraid he's going to burn out. Everything's always 'great!' with him - and maybe it is, but I'd feel better if he'd ask for help just once in a while. My other brother lost his wife to cancer and is raising three children by himself. He's a teacher and I know is finding it hard to make ends meet. The last time I saw him he was so thin I almost cried. But I think hell will freeze over before either one admits they're finding anything hard and asks any of the rest of us for anything - it scares me.