You Are NOT Alone

11/14/2025

Everyone deserves good mental health, and that includes men. 💜

This month we’re sharing stories from men who have been through difficult times – what they learned, who they turned to and how they keep on going.

If you’re struggling, please remember that you are not alone.

If you, or someone you know is finding life tough, these brilliant charities help. 💜

Campaign Against Living Miserably
UK Men's Sheds Association
Samaritans
Shout

11/13/2025

Katherine Dines: The Children’s Hospital Of Eastern Ontario is getting some help from a Canadian Superstar to create mental health content and combat misinformation.

Five-time Juno-nominated artist Jamie Fine is part of CHEO’s six-part Youtube series titled “This is what it feels like”.

It explores topics such as ADHD, anxiety, eating disorders, major depression, substance use and behavioural addictions.

Each episode includes Jamie Fine’s real-life stories and expert insights from CHEO’s world-renowned clinicians, so teens and families have a go to trusted resource that’s relatable and informative.

You can see more info on CTV Ottawa’s website .

11/09/2025

Be kind to yourself ❤️‍🩹

11/05/2025

Here’s the truth we don’t talk about enough:

🧠 75% of all suicides are male.
💔 Men are less likely to seek help.
😔 Society teaches men to hide their pain.

It’s time we stop telling men to “tough it out.”
It’s time we start listening — without judgment.

Let’s make it okay to open up, to cry, to ask for help, to feel.

Change starts with one conversation. Let’s have it.

11/05/2025

11/04/2025

11/04/2025

Meds and therapy saved my life. They absolutely go hand in hand.

Brain scans reveal depression isn’t just a chemical imbalance

For years the world was told depression comes from “low serotonin.” A simple chemical switch in the brain. But new brain imaging research is rewriting the story. Scientists are now seeing depression not as one broken molecule but as a complex shift in brain circuits emotions stress response systems and even inflammation. The brain is not just missing a chemical. It is struggling to process the world.

Modern scans show changes in how brain regions talk to each other. Circuits tied to emotion memory and motivation can go quiet or misfire. Chronic stress can physically reshape neural pathways. Trauma can leave fingerprints deep in the mind. Depression is not a flaw in your personality and it is not a single chemical error. It is the brain adapting to pain overload stress and life experiences in ways we are only beginning to understand.

This changes something important. If depression is complex healing can be too. Medication may still help but it is not the only answer. Therapy lifestyle shifts purpose social support and trauma work all matter. You are not broken and you are not simple. Your brain is powerful and layered and every pathway that changed can be rebuilt in time.

Science is catching up to something people with depression always knew. It is real it is deep and it deserves understanding not blame.

11/03/2025

11/02/2025

11/01/2025

Gentle reminders thx to 🌼