2024-11-27
11 分钟Hey, what's up, y'all?
This is Kerry Gaines, your guest host for the week.
Welcome to Radio Headspace and welcome to Wednesday.
As you know, this week is all about men's mental health awareness,
one of the biggest issues I see as a therapist from my male clients is that they can get really defensive when we're talking about their mental health or things that they can do to improve.
Raise my hand.
I too am guilty of this.
Now, this resistance really prevents growth.
It can lead to shame and it's not good,
but there is something that can really help you with this situation.
And that's something that's called accountability.
Ooh, scary word.
So today I want to talk about how introducing more accountability into your life and owning your worst moments is a path of self-forgiveness and self-love.
So why do men get so defensive during therapy?
I think there are a number of reasons, but first, let's take it away from just being a male thing.
People in general have a tendency to get very defensive in therapy.
And guess what?
That's perfectly normal.
It's a perfectly normal response to someone interrogating the way that you see the world and to someone challenging the things that you hold very close to your heart and that are embedded very deeply in your mind.
I think that a part of masculine ideology,