Trade Life by Point Load Media
Jul 1, 2026 · 33 min · 12 segments
In this episode of Trade Life Podcast, Mike and Ian get real about men's mental health during Men's Mental Health Awareness Month. They're not therapists - they're two guys from the trades who've…
Is that true? Like every year, one in five adult men will experience some form of mental illness.
let's get a little bit vulnerable and we'll kind of talk about, share maybe some of our own experiences.
Because we've both had our own experiences with different challenging things and just kind of, I don't know, I guess let's just be honest and talk.
I think one of the biggest things that I want to just get out of the way to start is in construction, it is often viewed as a very sort of rough, hard, quote unquote, manly career path.
want to label us and just say that, To me, manly is somebody that opens up and is comfortable with their emotions.
It's if you can't talk about your emotions, in my mind, that's actually a sign of weakness.
I think being able to acknowledge you have a problem or there's something going on that you need to talk about is a sign of strength.
I think traditionally, men in general, and I think this is looking at the statistics, this is my assumption.
The reason it's three to four times higher rates than women is because we were told for years, don't talk about your emotions.
I was always taught, you know, you're not feeling well work, uh, you're broke up with your girlfriend, go to work.
And you know what? There's a lot of truth to like staying busy, that it does help moving movement helps.
But I think we don't talk often enough about just talking about your problems.
Is that true? Like every year, one in five adult men will experience some form of mental illness.
let's get a little bit vulnerable and we'll kind of talk about, share maybe some of our own experiences.
Because we've both had our own experiences with different challenging things and just kind of, I don't know, I guess let's just be honest and talk.
I think one of the biggest things that I want to just get out of the way to start is in construction, it is often viewed as a very sort of rough, hard, quote unquote, manly career path.
want to label us and just say that, To me, manly is somebody that opens up and is comfortable with their emotions.
It's if you can't talk about your emotions, in my mind, that's actually a sign of weakness.
I think being able to acknowledge you have a problem or there's something going on that you need to talk about is a sign of strength.
I think traditionally, men in general, and I think this is looking at the statistics, this is my assumption.
The reason it's three to four times higher rates than women is because we were told for years, don't talk about your emotions.
I was always taught, you know, you're not feeling well work, uh, you're broke up with your girlfriend, go to work.
And you know what? There's a lot of truth to like staying busy, that it does help moving movement helps.
But I think we don't talk often enough about just talking about your problems.
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