Young Blood - Men’s Mental Health is the multi award-winning volunteer podcast dedicated to young men's mental health.
This unique library of life-changing lived experience stories proves that no matter what you're going through, you're not alone!
Young Blood is a platform like no other; based on incredibly powerful stories of resilience and hope, told by everyday men from all walks of life.
Journalist and host, Callum MacPherson takes you on a gripping journey right to the heart of being human, with guests who will leave you feeling inspired.
Suicide is the #1 killer of young people aged 15-44 and accounts for 3x as many deaths in men as it does women.
As a society we can’t allow these appalling statistics to continue and that means making changes. Our mental health revolution requires a cultural shift and creating open dialogue about a range of difficult topics we typically don’t talk about is a major piece of the puzzle.
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sexual abuse between children and their parents destroys the very core of the child. The inate shame and disgust , the powerlessnsess and betrayal is beyond the pale.
The brain is in highest survival mode something not right about environment or the people in your life. Some women become like this during pms the brain is sensing a threat/disturbance to the body maybe
If youre watching this and you are a closeted gay man, please, WORK ON YOURSELF, do NOT marry a woman to hide your identity. It is devastating, it it is beyond selfish and wrong. If youre more worried about hiding your true self and using someone to help in this operation than you are about the moral shortcomings about trapping a woman who loves you based on a lie, you REALLY need to work through your issues. PLEASE.
I was sexually assaulted when I was young, once with a babysitter and then by an older man down the street from where I use to live as an adolescent that went on for years, now I live with another guy who was abused sexually as well, no close friends or family close by.
I agree , after watching i feel admiration for Edan too. What a courageous young man, with strength like steel and such a gentle soul too. Thank you for telling your story Edan. Could see it was difficult at times but you still told it. All the best mate.
Its called life and not being a puzzy. Your parents have to work to keep a roof ober your head and food on the table. If you have to make chips with cheese because they are at work, it is ok. Unless you want a liberal when they get older.
Even worse with active neglect Like a kid not wanting to move so instead of convincing them or picking them up their parents say "ill just leave you here then" n start walking away Well done, great fckn parenting Give them abandonment issues before they can process it properly and make them resent you Good one
Mate I was belted something chronic while asleep. Don’t even remember that attack ended up having to have my jawbone sawed in half so they can get a perfect fitment to wire and screw it back into place. My heart stopped twice while I was in an induced coma as someone who knows how you feel, glad to see you recovered okay
Very disappointed with chance as he said there is only one chance in life, there is also one way to loose everything when you are not able to get the responsibility of your thoughts, your mind, your behaviours, your attitudes, your actions and reactions. Now this young men is in the streets with drugs, vandalism, breaking shop, and miss behaving in the community, that really sad. I don’t really know if chance new the man in front of the mirror!!! Every real human being must have the capability of get the Responsibility of their Thoughts, mind, actions and Reactions. The blame games will not help but it will identify the real you.
Mine began when I was in the first grade. A principal of my school made it his chore every first new year to go room to room to welcome the students to the new year. But when he entered our class he was infatuated by me. I was much smaller than the other kids in school. I could have passed for being in pre-school. Even today I don't look my age at 55. My hair colour was something he was much taken with. It was exactly the colour of Orange Crush. The second day an third day of school he kept coming to the class. Obviously it was something the teacher found odd. Because I remember her saying on the second and third day something like oh my goodness you're here again today. He would have a story about his time in South America. He had a very thick German accent, now years later I have a good idea why he was from South America. Eventually things went to him telling me that I was only to use his private bathroom and only his. I was a middle child and my dad had severe PTSD so us kids were warned to not get dad mad. Because when he was things would go flying and it wasn't something mom wanted to see or to have to deal with. This going back to 1975ish was a part of why the very idea somebody as recognized as a principal wouldn't ever had done such things. Years later as I was in the fifth grade and realized what occurred, I remember watching the news where they reported about a missing child who had been found but they weren't alive. i always was so jealous of them. Because they didn't have to go from day to day and only want to never think again about anything. Never again would have been wonderful. All it would have taken was a razor blade. Such a stupid thing to be jealous over. When I asked kids my age about if those things were, as one of them said something every had done to them, I became more of a recluse.
When police asked me if my therapist had groomed me, I protected him, telling the police nothing had happened. Giving this therapist the opportunity to work for several more years.
Stumbled across this podcast by youtubes recommendation and its so great to see men actively listening to each other and promoting healthy living especially with mental health and being authentic to themselves! As women we especially see a lot of the harm from men who act toxic, and that behaviour affects all people, men and women alike. So it's very refreshing to see these conversations happening and to know that there are men out there putting in the work to make the world a better place for everyone!
i came out as gay at 14 years old and then as trans when i was 19. It must be so painful to have to hide your identity and the shame would be crippling 😢
I loved this. As an older gay man who worked for a long long time in mental health services this interview was like a clear echo of so many stories I’ve heard from boys and men over the years, professionally and personally. In fact I still hear so many heterosexual-identified men express serious doubts and trouble about their inner world and especially their feelings for and attachments to other men. These feelings are not passing or trivial, they’re profound but often catastrophically mismanaged. The closet is a very packed place and not a one-size-fits-all. Matt’s story voices a whole range of concerns that are much much more prevalent than most people imagine. Thanks.
WOW I can so relate to much of what was discussed in this vid. I am in my fifties and just accepting that I am gay. Have buried theses feelings all my life and felt so ashamed to have these feelings for guys. I am battling with the thought of coming out and how family and friends will react to this. Has taken a toll on my mental health but trying to stay positive that all will be ok when I can muster the courage to come out. Seeing vids like this is helping me to move forward and be the true authentic person I wish to be. Thank you.
I’ve heard, if you commit suicide, you’ll be send right back to earth to live this life again until all lessons are learnt. Stay with God, through Jesus Christ’s teachings. Never give up and He will never give up on you. May God bless you always
I was 8 years old when I got molested by my brother's best friend who was six years older than me. Then I started having seizures from the age of 11 till I was almost 16 around the same age I learned what getting molested meant. I became very depressed and angry all the time wanted to do great harm to the one who molested me. Even wanted to die many times during my seizures, but they just wouldn't end. Then my parents started going to church and the same week my seizures ended. I got off the seizure meds months later, and when my head cleared I was still angry and negative against the one who molested me. Three years later I became a believer and the moment I forgave him for what he did to me all my wrath and anger went out of me, and I was a much more relaxed happier person receiving the Holy Spirit. I already had beleived in Yeshua dying for my sins, but I hadn't learned forgiveness yet, and me forgiving the one who molested me is the moment I became a full beleiver. You have to truly forgive everyone, or God won't forgive you. Now with age comes wisdom, he didn't molest me because he was a creep, he was 14, and I stopped his abusive step father from beating him up. So he developed a hero complex for me, and was confused himself because he had been molested by his step uncle. So he loved me, and was trying express it, even if I couldn't feel it yet. I don't condone his actions, but I get what his reasoning may have been. As they say though, hurt people hurt people. If you can't forgive others you will always be weighed down by the past of unforgivness. I might prefer guys now, and would want a wife with kids, but I have yet to meet a woman that pulls me out fully to be more into her than a masculine guy. Hopefully someday I can find me a wife to love and show affection to, or a guy, but morally I rather be with a woman.
I would get a job with lots of masculine straight guys, and learn to banter with them and crack insults that they can laugh at. For a long time I really hated that I'm a guy. One time young another boy did things with me and since then I could never shake the feeling, if I was just a girl I never would've been in that position to begin with; I would've been best friends with his way-cooler sister instead and my general softness and docility that i always had would be accepted by everyone, not shamed. But at some point I figured i would go ahead and lean into the fact I'm a guy; not for acceptance' sake, but for research, to observe how other men make use of all these expectations and hormones and weaknesses, and really notice the difference between healthy men and sick men. Almost overnight, I realized i have a sense of humor; more and more what used to be a crushing insult that makes me cry and ruins my day instead registers to me as the setup for the punchline I'm about to shoot back at him; and if the guy is actually just being an asshole, instead of hurting me now I'm just like "ok that wasn't even clever or creative, lol f___ that guy" I'm probably some shade of bisexual or something, but I'm not so worried about that these days; whomever you end up with, I think learning to have regular platonic friendship with your own sex is increasingly underrated these days. Same with some women I've met, who struggle with being too assertive and promiscuous, but can't even hold a conversation with another woman without it becoming a negative experience. Learn to have other guys as friends. If you marry one of them, awesome; but having that baseline vocabulary of friendship as well is super important as a starting ground to build on. My other advice is to ignore unsolicited advice from random internet commenters and just do your own thing lol
okay first i’m so sorry you had to go through this traumatic experience ! , you wrote about wanting to be with a woman for moral purposes and as a woman i would suggest for you to be yourself and embrace your gayness cause forcing yourself to be with a woman is just you trapping her and yourself in a miserable relationship and it will have the both of you tired , just heal and you’ll definitely find the perfect man for you at the right time ❤️ because in your case you can only have women as your friend not more than that 🙏🏼
a) I can’t tell it the intro is a parody of contemporary time-wastage b) “I read them all” does this mean callum reads them all? In fact, that is the attention which would guarantee response c) mental health- in the way it is fashionably (not)understood- is dubious and “blah blah important” will kill us all d)blah blah psychosis hey man wanna catch up, I told u at the gym this is my steez
He is right. Coming out is the healthiest dividing line moving healthy, loving people closer to you and people who are not accepting moved out of your life. The truth does set people free.
What about women's violence against men? 70% on non reciprocated dv is initiated by women, meaning that 70% of only one party being the abusive party, 70% of the time, its women. Wheres the mateship there is talking to your fellow blokes about that?
Suicide is a valid and personal decision. We don't decide to be born but we can decide if we want to live or not. Society has to be able to accept death as they accept life. Forcing someone to live is extremely selfish.
I can't understand this. I grew up with peasant religious immigrant parents, in a rough working class town in England. I came out to a friend when 16, came out to my family and the world at 18yo, in 1980. I was told by my sister that my parents hated gays, but I wasn't going to let that stop me being honest about who I was. In nearly 45 years I have never once had a bad reaction from anyone in coming out.
I think this is awesome. I am so glad to see men helping other men. Men in this world hurt every bit as much as women and they need help. Thank you thank you thank you!!
@@meowy4720 that is so very heartbreaking. And I imagine that most of them have not sought help because that was considered taboo. May God have mercy on these poor abused men and boys.
It’s so amazing that he never realized that it’s just who you are. It’s your essence your being, it’s (being gay/bi) natural. It’s the idea that it’s a choice, or someone else convinced you you’re lgbtq that is false & unnatural.
I'm gay. I'm out of my family and friends, but I would not be out to my co-workers. I still have internal homophobia, so I don't like guys who look fem.
