June 3, 2024 • 6 mins
We acknowledge the importance of your mental health and it is the one month anniversary of Uncle Johnnys passing.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Today's Daily Highlight from Elvis Duran in the Morning Show.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Uh. Yes, June is Pride month. It's also Men's Mental
Health Awareness Month, and that's so important. I mean everyone's
mental health is very important. Yeah, the thing is about men.
Men typically do not open up as much as women
(00:25):
typically as far as how they're feeling, what they're feeling
and that kind of thing. So June is Men's Mental
Health Awareness Month. I mean, every year, one out of
four of us experienced some sort of mental health problem.
I think that's a low number, but a lot of
us fail to get help when it's needed. In this month,
I mean, it's a good month. Just break break that stigma.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
You know.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
Do you think it's because men feel like they have
to be manly and men so we have to take
care of everybody, and so you have to take care
of everybody. Then you don't feel like, you know, you
can show that side.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Of you, sort of a machismo thing.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Yeah, I don't know because I'm not that way, but
I know i'd send to squelch how I feel a
lot of the time. In the stats, men are four
times more likely to die from suicide. Wow, four times,
making it nearly eighty percent of all suicides in America.
(01:22):
Forty percent of men have never spoken to anyone about
their mental health. Who almost half Yeah, one in ten
men experience depression or anxiety, and that's less than in
less than half of them ever receive treatment. Wow, you're
not alone. And with men's health, with men's health, mental
(01:45):
health anyway, in in crisis mode, we should be talking
about it and doing things rather than sweeping it all
under the rug. Any thoughts, Well, I have a question
because I don't want to, you know, woman, explain anything.
You guys are the men in the room. What is
something that people can.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Do for you or just ask you to help support
you as.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Far as mental health goes. May I answer that please
stop assuming, stop assuming that all is fine. Well, Elvis
never complains about being sad. Well yeah, okay, he never
talks about, you know, needing someone to talk to. Okay.
Never assume that just because something's left unsaid that there's
(02:25):
no problem.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
I think men in general need to take better care
of themselves with a lot of things, because I agree
how many times you hear a guy like go to
the doctor and just check anything or get a physical
or like oh, my finger's broken. That's okay. I have
nine others like this is just like you guys don't
like you don't take care of yourself the way I
feel like a lot of times you need to. And
(02:48):
I don't know is that just a guy mentality?
Speaker 2 (02:50):
It can be, you know, And I learned a long
time ago from friends who waited too long and then
paid the price on different things. You got to get
ahead of it. And that's but see, you got to
not only in pain in your chest or a pain
in your head, and also mentally if you feel like
you're in that ditch. And it's hard to describe, you
(03:13):
know how it is when you're going through a depression
or sadness. It's hard to like, okay, Well, ups and downs,
that's life, you know, and you brush it off. Well,
you can see a pattern, and you can see how
things are eating away at you. And maybe you've been
denying at least considering getting help. I don't know, Froggy,
what do you think?
Speaker 3 (03:32):
No?
Speaker 2 (03:33):
I agree.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
A lot of times, when you are having a date
that's not great, you say to yourself, well, tomorrow will
be better. And then when tomorrow's not better, you think
maybe the next day will be better and it's not,
and you can easily fall into that, to that ditch.
But I think also Gonnie was asking what can you do,
and it's being a good friend and listening and not
always being so quick to give your advice, but maybe
(03:54):
just being somebody that will listen, because you don't always
want to be told what to do or here's what
you're doing wrong, but you just want somebody to listen
and be a friend.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
There you go. So all this month, from time to time,
you'll hear us talking about it, and that's god. It
we only devote a month out of the year for this.
It should be year round. I mean everything, everything that
has a month deserves an entire year, I think, and
this is one of them. So there you go. Another thing,
which is it sad but makes me smile. Uncle Johnny.
(04:25):
It was one month ago today that Uncle Johnny passed away. Wow,
and it you know how it is when you lose
someone that's dear to you, You never ever stop being
sad and you never stop missing them. But the grief
does evolve into different different shades of grief. Do you
understand what I'm saying?
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Absolutely, Like how many years ago did your father passed away?
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Danielle Gosh, twenty nineteen, So what is that? Three four five?
I always lose count, but.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
It's been yeah, but it was before the pandemic.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Yeah, he passed November, and then the pandemic hit March
of twenty twenty. And I am so convinced that God
did him a favor with that, because he would have
died by himself in the hospital. He would have you know,
he would have would have been Yeah, it would have
been terrible.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
But look how your grief for your father it's different
now than it was a year ago, two years ago.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
It evolves, It definitely, it evolved, you know.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
And so with Uncle Johnny, you know, it was just
just one of the saddest things, especially in my husband's life.
But now when I think of Johnny, I don't get sad.
I just giggle because he brought so much joy into
so many people's lives. It made us laugh. Not always,
uh rarely did he make us laugh on purpose. It
(05:41):
was just the way he was, you know what I'm saying. Yeah,
that was the best. He was totally oblivious to how
funny he was. But Uncle Johnny one month ago today, Wow,
And I know that Alex is thinking about him, thinking
hard about him today. So uh, there you have it.
So it's good to look back on someone and even
(06:03):
though you're grieving and even though they're gone, it makes
you smile. I think that's the way they would want
it to be.
Today's Daily Highlight from Elvis Duran in the Morning Show.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Uh. Yes, June is Pride month. It's also Men's Mental
Health Awareness Month, and that's so important. I mean everyone's
mental health is very important. Yeah, the thing is about men.
Men typically do not open up as much as women
(00:25):
typically as far as how they're feeling, what they're feeling
and that kind of thing. So June is Men's Mental
Health Awareness Month. I mean, every year, one out of
four of us experienced some sort of mental health problem.
I think that's a low number, but a lot of
us fail to get help when it's needed. In this month,
I mean, it's a good month. Just break break that stigma.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
You know.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
Do you think it's because men feel like they have
to be manly and men so we have to take
care of everybody, and so you have to take care
of everybody. Then you don't feel like, you know, you
can show that side.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Of you, sort of a machismo thing.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Yeah, I don't know because I'm not that way, but
I know i'd send to squelch how I feel a
lot of the time. In the stats, men are four
times more likely to die from suicide. Wow, four times,
making it nearly eighty percent of all suicides in America.
(01:22):
Forty percent of men have never spoken to anyone about
their mental health. Who almost half Yeah, one in ten
men experience depression or anxiety, and that's less than in
less than half of them ever receive treatment. Wow, you're
not alone. And with men's health, with men's health, mental
(01:45):
health anyway, in in crisis mode, we should be talking
about it and doing things rather than sweeping it all
under the rug. Any thoughts, Well, I have a question
because I don't want to, you know, woman, explain anything.
You guys are the men in the room. What is
something that people can.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Do for you or just ask you to help support
you as.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Far as mental health goes. May I answer that please
stop assuming, stop assuming that all is fine. Well, Elvis
never complains about being sad. Well yeah, okay, he never
talks about, you know, needing someone to talk to. Okay.
Never assume that just because something's left unsaid that there's
(02:25):
no problem.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
I think men in general need to take better care
of themselves with a lot of things, because I agree
how many times you hear a guy like go to
the doctor and just check anything or get a physical
or like oh, my finger's broken. That's okay. I have
nine others like this is just like you guys don't
like you don't take care of yourself the way I
feel like a lot of times you need to. And
(02:48):
I don't know is that just a guy mentality?
Speaker 2 (02:50):
It can be, you know, And I learned a long
time ago from friends who waited too long and then
paid the price on different things. You got to get
ahead of it. And that's but see, you got to
not only in pain in your chest or a pain
in your head, and also mentally if you feel like
you're in that ditch. And it's hard to describe, you
(03:13):
know how it is when you're going through a depression
or sadness. It's hard to like, okay, Well, ups and downs,
that's life, you know, and you brush it off. Well,
you can see a pattern, and you can see how
things are eating away at you. And maybe you've been
denying at least considering getting help. I don't know, Froggy,
what do you think?
Speaker 3 (03:32):
No?
Speaker 2 (03:33):
I agree.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
A lot of times, when you are having a date
that's not great, you say to yourself, well, tomorrow will
be better. And then when tomorrow's not better, you think
maybe the next day will be better and it's not,
and you can easily fall into that, to that ditch.
But I think also Gonnie was asking what can you do,
and it's being a good friend and listening and not
always being so quick to give your advice, but maybe
(03:54):
just being somebody that will listen, because you don't always
want to be told what to do or here's what
you're doing wrong, but you just want somebody to listen
and be a friend.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
There you go. So all this month, from time to time,
you'll hear us talking about it, and that's god. It
we only devote a month out of the year for this.
It should be year round. I mean everything, everything that
has a month deserves an entire year, I think, and
this is one of them. So there you go. Another thing,
which is it sad but makes me smile. Uncle Johnny.
(04:25):
It was one month ago today that Uncle Johnny passed away. Wow,
and it you know how it is when you lose
someone that's dear to you, You never ever stop being
sad and you never stop missing them. But the grief
does evolve into different different shades of grief. Do you
understand what I'm saying?
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Absolutely, Like how many years ago did your father passed away?
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Danielle Gosh, twenty nineteen, So what is that? Three four five?
I always lose count, but.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
It's been yeah, but it was before the pandemic.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Yeah, he passed November, and then the pandemic hit March
of twenty twenty. And I am so convinced that God
did him a favor with that, because he would have
died by himself in the hospital. He would have you know,
he would have would have been Yeah, it would have
been terrible.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
But look how your grief for your father it's different
now than it was a year ago, two years ago.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
It evolves, It definitely, it evolved, you know.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
And so with Uncle Johnny, you know, it was just
just one of the saddest things, especially in my husband's life.
But now when I think of Johnny, I don't get sad.
I just giggle because he brought so much joy into
so many people's lives. It made us laugh. Not always,
uh rarely did he make us laugh on purpose. It
(05:41):
was just the way he was, you know what I'm saying. Yeah,
that was the best. He was totally oblivious to how
funny he was. But Uncle Johnny one month ago today, Wow,
And I know that Alex is thinking about him, thinking
hard about him today. So uh, there you have it.
So it's good to look back on someone and even
(06:03):
though you're grieving and even though they're gone, it makes
you smile. I think that's the way they would want
it to be.
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