Fertility Road Issue 34

MEN ONLY
ussell ais
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I can look back now over the last 10 years and see
how much I’ve learnt about what it means to be a
man and how to relate to women.
Did you know?
Men are less likely to
access psychological
therapies than women.
Only 36% of referrals
to IAPT (Increasing
Access to Psychological
Therapies) are men.
sool fortuately differees etwee
me ad wome a ome to fore at times
of stress ad ifertility a ut a strai o
te est of relatiosis at wat to
sare wit you are te tigs wis ew
a te
Stop trying to be the hero
ot try ad e te strog oe its ot wat
wome wat ome wat teir me to
oet wit tem o a emotioal leel
ey wat teir me to e ale to sare ow
tey feel e ulerale e real tougt
eeded to e te strog oe for my wife
ut it was te oosite se wated y ot
oeig u ad sarig ow felt was
reatig a arrier a distae etwee us tat
made it arder for er as se felt more aloe
oiety rigs me u to ti tat ig
oys dot ry ti owerful me are
omfortale wit emotios as mu as tey
are teir tool elt ad watig footall
wit te oys
ou are ot wit me o tis ourey
my wife said to me eigt years ito our
ourey didt uderstad wet to all
te aoitmets e taled aout tigs
or so tougt
e said se ad o idea wat was goig
o i my ead ow felt aout tigs e
didt feel uited eause i er mid lie
most wome you feel uited to someoe
we you feel uderstood ad uderstad
ow tey feel
is was a real rolem for me f am
oest it wast a ew message ere ae
ee may times i our relatiosi we
se said se was loely eause wast
fully reset to er was too usy i my
ead e rolem ad was didt ow
ow to age it ts all ew
at momet was te egiig of a uge
learig ure for me eduatio ito
te world of emotios ito a strage ad
somewat mystial world tat wome
seem to lie eduatio o ow to feel
more eae wit myself as well as loe my
wife i a way se areiates so se feels
more loed
a loo a ow oer te last years
ad see ow mu e leart aout wat
it meas to e a ma ad ow to relate to
wome e eduatio you dot get i
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