MEN AND MENTAL HEALTH
In this quarterly edition of the ManKind Project Journal, we explore vital issues regarding men and mental health. The articles, essays, memoirs, videos, and poetry below discuss such diverse subjects as mental illness, stress reduction, post-traumatic stress in veterans, suicide, schizophrenia, body image, the psychoanalytic roots of The ManKind Project, and other topics. This initial batch of postings will be followed by more postings as submissions continue to arrive during the quarter.
A tribute to Bill Boal: Reframe your fear
Bill Boal
Editor’s Note: MKP elder Bill Boal of New York City has died at age 80. In his honor, we reprint below the article he contributed to the September 2009 edition of the Journal, based on his latest ebook, Getting Free From Fear.
My reverse mid-life crisis
by Roy Biancalana
The most life-changing moment of my life occurred when I realized that nothing needed to be changed.
I call this realization “my reverse mid-life crisis” because it is the opposite of what typically happens to men. Usually, when a man reaches middle-age, he becomes dissatisfied with his professional path and/or his partner, then he makes changes to find “it.”My life has been the exact opposite of that pattern. Ever since I was a kid, I have been dissatisfied with my life and chasing the illusive “it.”
Thanks for cheating on me
by Jeffrey Wilson
By January of 1994, I had achieved my vision and had a “perfect” life – a beautiful wife, two young sons, a house in the suburbs, and I had been named to the management succession plan of the Fortune 500 company where I worked. Everything was just right.
A life choice: Falling or Flying?
by Neil Zeltzer
Life has many opportunities to fall or fly. I believe that given the choice, flying is always the better alternative.
-
The ManKind Project® is an international nonprofit educational organization making the world safer by helping men become better men. Our flagship training is the
New Warrior Training Adventure.
