London - Four out of ten men have considered killing themselves, according to a study.
It found that almost half of all men aged 18-45 had thought about suicide as a way out of misery caused by divorce, money troubles, bereavement, problems at work or bullying at some point in their life.
Of these, more than half never spoke to anyone else about their difficulties. The main reasons cited were not wanting loved ones to worry, feeling ashamed of their feelings and not wanting to sound weak, found the YouGov poll of 2 000 men for suicide prevention charity CALM.
Last year more than three-quarters of all suicides were men, and suicide was the biggest killer of men under the age of 45 in the UK – with 12 men taking their own lives every day.
Of those surveyed who had considered suicide, 15 percent saw killing themselves as a genuine possibility, while 27 percent said it was a “fleeting thought”.
Daily Mail
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