{"id":17591,"date":"2025-05-01T13:52:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T10:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azhee.org\/?p=17591"},"modified":"2025-05-14T13:59:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T10:59:31","slug":"mens-mental-health-breaking-the-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azhee.org\/?p=17591","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Mental Health: Breaking the Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In many communities, men are expected to stay strong, silent, and emotionally guarded. But behind these expectations, many men suffer deeply \u2014 in silence. Social stigma, fear of judgment, and cultural pressure often prevent them from seeking help or expressing emotional pain.<\/p>\n<p>At Azhee, we believe that mental health has no gender, and that men deserve safe spaces to speak, grieve, and heal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch: Daniah Ali on Men\u2019s Mental Health and Stigma<\/strong><br \/>\nIn part of a powerful presentation, Azhee team member <strong>Daniah Ali<\/strong> explores how societal norms impact men\u2019s mental health, and why creating open, compassionate spaces is essential to suicide prevention.<\/p>\n<p>Men are not immune to trauma. They are human. And they need to be heard.<\/p>\n<p>#azhee #mentalhealth #suicideprevention #men&#8217;smentalhealth<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 480px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-17591-1\" width=\"480\" height=\"848\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/azhee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Social-Work-Dep-April-2025.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/azhee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Social-Work-Dep-April-2025.mp4\">https:\/\/azhee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Social-Work-Dep-April-2025.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In many communities, men are expected to stay strong, silent, and emotionally guarded. But behind these expectations, many men suffer&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azhee.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azhee.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azhee.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azhee.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azhee.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17591"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/azhee.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17593,"href":"https:\/\/azhee.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17591\/revisions\/17593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azhee.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azhee.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azhee.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}