‘We’re supposed to be the rock’

Naturally, masculine stereotypes exert pressure as well.Who are fathers who are depressed if they are expected to be strong and supportive?Another participant in the same UK study stated that he “felt like a failure, no true man.

“Another inquired:What kind of man experiences depression after having a child?”Some even made it hard for themselves to get treatment;”As I felt like I was not just failing with fatherhood, but husbandhood,” a man whose mental health diagnosis necessitated a leave of absence from work said, “as I felt like I was not just failing with fatherhood, but husbandhood.

“Others expressed concern that their partners would break up with them.