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Essay: How To Save Young Men.

Essay: How To Save Young Men.

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Nov 19, 2020
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You might be asking yourself, well, what would this guy know? What qualifies him to provide answers for such a topic.. Well, frankly, because I was a young man that needed saving. I suffered for many years with anxiety, depression and was suicidal too. And at 26, having pulled myself through that high-risk stage, I feel like I might have a few answers, or at least some direction I can point you in. These days, the prevailing winds push young men into a state of arrested development, preventing them from grappling with the real problems and experiences of life which lead to maturity and meaning. I will present the reasons why this is happening, and what the solutions are which I believe can get us out:

Reasons.

1). Psychological inertia and the lack of initiation: psychological inertia is the resistance to change that is important or significant. Psychologists encounter a growing population of individuals these days whose development into maturity is neither easy, engendered, nor predict…

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