A recent study found that men who more strongly endorse traditional masculine norms experience higher stress and are less likely to seek mental health help, emphasizing the need to address gender-specific barriers and promote positive masculine traits.
Addressing things on a non-clinical level also reduces the need for therapy in the first place. Bluntly said if you can get someone who’s frustrated to delete facebook, get a different job, and deliberately refrain from grabbing butt while hugging his wife (non-sexual body contact works wonders for libido) before they spin out of control they, well, don’t spin out of control.
Prevention is always better than therapy and while shit life syndrome is unavoidable under the current material conditions, it’s not like this is North Korea we’re talking about. There’s options to reduce the shit to tolerable levels for most people, no need to dive head-first into the latrine.