I Don't Want to Talk About It

Publisher Description

Twenty years of experience treating men and their families has convinced?psychotherapist Terrence Real that depression is a silent epidemic in men -- that?men hide their condition from family, friends, and themselves to avoid the stigma?of depression's "un-manliness." Problems that we think of as typically?male -- difficulty with intimacy, workaholism, alcoholism, abusive behavior, and?rage-are really attempts to escape depression. And these escape attempts only?hurt the people men love and pass their condition on to their children.?This groundbreaking book is the "pathway out of darkness" that these men and?their families seek. Real reveals how men can unearth their pain, heal?themselves, restore relationships, and break the legacy of abuse. He mixes?penetrating analysis with compelling tales of his patients and even his own?experiences with depression as the son of a violent, depressed father and the?father of two young sons.?