I wanted to share some common symptoms and problems that are often (not always of course) present with males who come into my office:

• They have problems with anxiety and stress, and they internalize and absorb this stress

• They can’t get out of their head / their mind spins in circles

• They are more often than not analyzing / thinking / evaluating future tasks or past problems

• They have become increasingly more angry and irritable and notice that they snap at small, trivial things more than they used to

If you've ever experienced something overwhelming, you've had to cope somehow. Coping is something you do to be able to deal with your internal world (feelings, thoughts, memories) as it reacts to an outside stressor. Simply put, it's a way of comforting yourself.

In reality, you are coping with various stressors every day—a driver cutting you off, a pop quiz in math class, getting stuck in a long grocery line. But sometimes, you have an internal reaction to something that pushes you beyond your normal capacity to cope. When this happens, it's like poking a hole in a small boat.