When you stop feeling anything at all.
Male depression often looks less like weeping and more like emotional numbness — withdrawal into gaming, porn, work, or isolation, loss of motivation, and feeling like an empty shell going through the motions.
Breaking the cycle of silent withdrawal
Men often try to cope with emotional numbness by escaping into habits — scrolling, alcohol, overworking, or isolation. These don't fix the numbness; they deepen it. The first step is understanding what's underneath the disconnection rather than waiting for it to pass on its own.
A focused place to start: Fortify
If numbness and disconnection are affecting your relationships, work, or sense of yourself, Fortify gives you four focused sessions to understand the pattern, begin working on it, and decide what comes next. You don't have to commit to open-ended counselling to get started.
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