Community check-in 💙 More than 1 in 6 men in the US has experienced physical violence, sexual violence, or stalking from an intimate partner. There are two shelters in the entire country exclusively for men. Nearly half of men report psychological aggression from a partner. 4 in 10 report coercive control — isolation, monitoring, financial control, threats. Watch the video. No pressure to share anything you're not ready to. If you want to talk, this space is here. And the National DV Hotline takes calls, texts, and chats from anyone: 1-800-799-7233. 📞 Daniel Rubin, LMHC, LPC | 404-668-8369

Community check-in 💙 65% of men believe hours in the gym signals discipline. Sometimes it does. Sometimes it's a compulsion wearing discipline's clothes. Watch the video, then answer honestly below 👇 Not "can you push through" — what happens emotionally when you can't go? Does missing a session take your whole day down? The reaction to missing it is the signal. No judgment here. 📞 Daniel Rubin, LMHC, LPC | 404-668-8369

Community check-in 💙 Men with infertility diagnoses report lower distress on questionnaires — because they suffer silently. The research itself underestimates them. And stigma explains more of the depression than the diagnosis does. Watch the video, then 👇 If you've been through fertility treatment — did anyone at the clinic ever ask how you were doing? And who, outside your partner, did you tell? Your partner is inside the same grief. You need someone outside it. 📞 Daniel Rubin, LMHC, LPC | 404-668-8369

Community check-in 💙 New research: antidepressant use 59% in women vs 38% in men with chronic pain — and men showed higher rates of opioid dependence. Men present somatically. "My back hurts," not "I'm struggling." Watch the video, then answer below 👇 If you deal with chronic pain — have you ever brought up mood or sleep at a pain appointment? Has anyone ever asked you? Bring this sentence next time: "I also want to talk about how this is affecting my mood and my sleep." 📞 Daniel Rubin, LMHC, LPC | 404-668-8369

Community check-in 💙 Ambiguous loss — physically present, psychologically absent. You can grieve someone who's still alive, and most men have never been told that's allowed. Watch the video, then try this below 👇 If you're watching someone decline — name what's actually gone. Not "my dad is sick." Specifically. "I lost the guy I called for advice." "I lost being someone's kid." Vague loss can't be grieved. Named loss can. Post yours. 📞 Daniel Rubin, LMHC, LPC | 404-668-8369