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Cake day: November 18th, 2021

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  • Agree that there’s a ragebaiting, ‘us vs them’ component - however, I think how we’re socialised to handle our feelings also plays a big role here. There’s a disparity in suicide rates between men and women worldwide, but the gap is generally larger in western countries, 4:1 in Europe compared to world averages of 1.7:1. Of course, that isn’t necessarily attributable to loneliness, there’s many reasons someone chooses to take their own life.

    In my life it seems like women generally have a more supportive relationship and support network with their friends than men do. I’ve had a pretty dark year due to a range of medical stuff… and it’s not a struggle I’ve shared with my friends, men or women. If I’ve brought it up, it’s just like I have here, ‘ah yeah, just some medical stuff, but things are shaping up,’ I don’t have close friends like that. I do, however, have supportive parents, siblings, cousins - I honestly don’t know what my headspace would be like if I didn’t have them. It’s very easy to feel broken.