Ep. 3: Men's Health Matters

This podcast episode focuses on the often overlooked issue of men's health. From physical wellbeing to mental health. Co-hosts Aster and SeVen address the importance of prioritizing men's health and breaking the stigma surrounding seeking help. With their approach, they highlight the unique challenges and experiences that men face in taking care of their health.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hello, and welcome to the Sofa Talk podcast. I'm your co.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
Host Astor and I'm your co host seven.

Speaker 1 (00:09):
Let's talk it out and lounge it up. We appreciate
you listening. This is episode three and the title of
today's episode is Men's Health Matters. This episode is about
breaking the silence of men's health and supporting men and
taking initiative to improve their well being. Welcome back. That

(01:04):
lounge hip hop beat is music by you Underscore ninety
eighth nine h l K N seven R from pixa Bay.
Thank you for the music sample. So before we begin,
I wanted to act seven. What are men's common health problems?

(01:27):
What would you say?

Speaker 2 (01:29):
I would say who? I would definitely say definitely, heart disease,
high blood pressure, prostate cancer, mental health. That's just the
name of you.

Speaker 1 (01:48):
Okay. So you did reach, you did highlight a few
of them, and you did reach some of them. So,
according to the Mayo Clinic Men's Health article by Mayo
Clinic staff, the biggest to men's health is heart disease
and cancer. That tops the list. Others include injury, lung disease, stroke,

(02:08):
and diabetes. Healthy wealth, I'm sorry, healthy lifestyle choices, such
as eating a healthy diet and moving every day can
help to protect your health. You avoid risky actions such
as smoking, drinking too much alcohol, and having casual sex,
and take steps to keep yourself safe. Use a seat

(02:29):
belt when you're in the car, and wear a helmet
when you go on a bike or motorcycle. This is
also important too because of traumatic brain injuries and like
head injuries. They said use a safety ladder to reach
high areas. Most men who are tall and stuff, they oh,
I don't need to do that or whatever because I'm tall, whatever,
But just for safety and bounced purposes, use a ladder.

(02:51):
I agree with it. Manage illnesses such as high blood pressure, diabetes,
and high cholesterol, practice safer sex.

Speaker 2 (02:58):
We all know that. Yeah. Sure, wrapping up fellas exactly.

Speaker 1 (03:01):
You say out there and get all the suggested health
screenings and vaccinations for your age. Keep in mind to
that health issues can change with age. For example, many
men gain weight as they get older, so it's important
to take note into that. And they could also have

(03:22):
belly fat. Weaight from belly fat also that men do
tend to get. So that was some little information there.
And seven why do you think men don't go to
the doctors or therapy.

Speaker 2 (03:37):
Good question. I think the reason why a lot of
men don't go to the doctor because, for one, they
don't want to be told something is wrong. You think,
when you're sick, it's like a sign of like when
you're sick or got health health issues one of us
as a sign of weakness or something like that. So
I think that's why a lot of men, like they

(03:58):
don't want to go to the doctors. They don't want
to hear any thing bad or it might not make
them feel as strong. And you know, and as a man,
just that whole like man man think you got be strong,
you gotta be this and that. And I think that
plays a part while a lot of a lot of
men don't go to the doctors. And then I also

(04:19):
believe too, I believe the reason why a lot of
men don't seek therapy because once again, you know, having
mental health for some men, I'm not gonna say all
but it's a side of weakness and that's not the case.
I'm I'm one of those type of men that definitely
believe in seeking therapy. I've gotten a lot better over

(04:43):
the years going to the doctor. You know, listening to
the doctor has to say taking better care of myself
so I can be here for myself and my children,
my family and my friends and all of that. But therapy,
I think it's like a it's a touchy thing for
a lot of men because some men also have trauma,

(05:03):
have also had bad experiences and been through a lot
of things in their life, and some of them don't
want to relive that, so it's kind of like avoidings.
It's like, you know, if I go to therapy, they
might make me open up something or something made resurface
in me that I don't want to resurface. And I
saw something the other day and somebody said, take the

(05:24):
six months, take the twelve months, even take the twenty
four months. It's worth it than a lifetime of misery.
And he was talking about seeking therapy because it's Men's
Mental Health Month, and it was a young black man
that was on there. He was saying, you know, people,

(05:45):
you'll go through your whole life miserable and sad, depressed, angry,
bitter because you didn't take that little bit of time
those months for yourself to tap in and take care
of your mental health. And he was like, after you
take care of it, and you get well, you're free.

(06:05):
It's like you're no longer caged in anymore. So take
whatever amount of time that it takes for yourself so
you can be well and be your best self. And
that really touched me when I saw that, because I,
you know, I look I look at things like, you know,
we're getting older and stuff like that, and we want
to be here as long as as we can, but

(06:26):
there are certain things that we have to take care
of so we can be here. And the number one
thing is your mental health. Your mental health health has
to be on point and then following your heart and
then everything else comes behind that. Those two are very
very important, your mental health and your heart. And I
just appreciated that and seeing that it was on social media,

(06:49):
was on TikTok, and I just thought about it because
I'm one of them type of people. I tend to
procrastinate and I'll put oh, i'll do it next week.
I'll start over Monday, you know, I'll start eating better Monday,
I'll go to the gym Monday. I'll call set all
my doctor's appointments on Monday. And it's just like, dude,
just take the time and get it done. Do what
you gotta do. Tomorrow's not promised, yes, so go ahead

(07:10):
and get it done. Do what you gotta do so
you can be well and be here. Don't put anything off,
And that's what we tend to do, especially if were're
still kind of young. Also too, Oh I'm good. I
don't need to get that check up, or I don't
need that physical or I don't need to take no medication.
You know what I'm saying. I don't need to do that.
I'm strong, I feel good now. But to prevent anything

(07:31):
in the future, take care of it now, all right.

Speaker 1 (07:36):
He's highlighted some pointer ors there. Why men avoid the doctor,
According to the Men's Health Center from the blog dated
February eleventh, twenty twenty four by Andy Pfeiffer, they consider
it inconvenient clinic hours long waits with short visits, so

(07:57):
it's kind of like a waste of time pretty much.
I'm here that I'm just out and crowded in personal offices,
So they do feel that way. The men men die
a lot younger than women of diseases that are highly preventable,
maybe cardiovascular problems and cancers. Men tend to ignore their

(08:18):
health in favor of professional obligations or family duties. Right,
if they're the breadwinner, they you know, they're making the money,
the provider, they might not have time to go to
the doctor, you know, saying that's going to be the
least of their worries. Even young men have health risks
that can affect their productivity and how well they age.

(08:39):
Most men still ignore serious health risks until they start
having problems. They're not taking the preventative measures. Yeah, to
combat that. Listen to this to y'all. Women are really
the health care providers of the family. Okay, right, Women
are their health care providers of the family, says Salt

(09:00):
Lake City physician and researcher doctor Andy Pfeiffer. They often
they're often the ones making appointments for their husbands, and
they are also more likely to get regular checkups and
consult for symptoms that may signal health problems. So shout
out to the women. Shout out to us for keeping
the men in check. You know, if they hear something,

(09:21):
you know, our motherly nature, our instincts, we know it's
not right. So we're going to take the initiative enforcement
and make sure that male, that man has that appointment
made you.

Speaker 2 (09:32):
Know, It's funny you mentioned that because my my fiance,
she doesn't go to the doctors and do all the
visits and all that stuff unless it's something womanly that
has to be to take care of. But she's always
you go to the doctors. Did you set your appointment
for this? And you go to that And I'm like, well,
this for you. When's the last time you've got some
blood work? When's the last time? But I think it's

(09:54):
just the nature of a woman. Yes, women are so strong,
and then they have the motherly instinct and a lot
of them are able to put whatever they're going through
on the side, the uplift down and make sure the
man as well, you know what I mean?

Speaker 1 (10:07):
Yes, absolutely, absolutely absolutely on that. And there are four
important facts about men's health. This is from Summit Medical Group.
So here are these statistics.

Speaker 2 (10:22):
Here.

Speaker 1 (10:23):
Three hundred and three hundred and fifty thousand men die
of cardiovascular disease each year. Wow, yes, wow, yep, listen
to these numbers. More than seven hundred thousand men are
diagnosed with cancer each year. Three hundred thousand of those
cases will result in depth. That's big.

Speaker 2 (10:44):
Two.

Speaker 1 (10:46):
Two hundred and thirty thousand men are diagnosed with prostate
cancer every year. It's the second leading cause of death
and men.

Speaker 2 (10:54):
I lost my stepfather to cancer. Yeah, very young in
the forties.

Speaker 1 (11:00):
I'm too young to levet this too soon. More than
sixty percent of adult American men are overweight or beast. Honestly, y'all,
I think I'm over What is it.

Speaker 2 (11:10):
I'm a woman.

Speaker 1 (11:11):
This doesn't pertain to me. I shouldn't be in this.
But they always trying to call somebody overweight and overbeat,
you know, you know, the body mass index, the height
and all that. I just have opinions on that, y'all.

Speaker 2 (11:25):
I'm not gonna go to I might have been eleven
to twelve man all my life. I have, I really have.

Speaker 1 (11:33):
They say that about It's just okay, so we're obese.
I guess we're not in that scale world beast. I
know I might be obese. I don't look like it,
but I'm obese, so that's important to know. Also, the
Cleveland Clinics surveying more than five hundred American men ages
eighteen through seventy about their use of healthcare resources, and
they found that only three out of five men get

(11:55):
annual physicals. Over forty percent of men only go to
the doctor when they think they have a serious medical condition.

Speaker 2 (12:06):
That was me at one point, mm hmm.

Speaker 1 (12:08):
It happens. More than half of men said their health
wasn't something they talk about. I think you mentioned that earlier.
They keep that discreet. They don't want to talk about it, y'all.
So that's important to know. There's a fact number one,
men are less likely to seek health care than women,
which we mentioned a while ago. That's what it is.

(12:30):
Fact number two prostate cancer affects one and nine men.
Fact number three mental health is one of the most
stigmatized issues affecting men, and they say many men, perhaps
more than we think, struggle with their mental health and
the stigma that surrounds it. The American Psychological Association reports

(12:53):
that thirty point six percent of men have suffered from
depression in their lifetime. Again, men's hesitated to seek care
may be worsening this issue, as seven had mentioned earlier.

Speaker 2 (13:06):
You know, you know what I what I've noticed ast
is that I feel like, as a man and men
in general, I feel like we don't take nothing serious
until it's brought to our you know, So somebody calls out,
called you out, like, you know, you should get this
exam done, or you should have had a physical done
around this time. Yes, how old are you yet? I

(13:30):
get that all the time yet. And then that's when
you kind of like, oh, you know what, But if
I ain't feeling nothing, I don't feel bad. Everything looks good,
everything's operating. I don't need to go to the doc.

Speaker 1 (13:43):
That's true. That's true.

Speaker 2 (13:44):
And speaking from a male's perspective, when your situation is
no longer operating, if you know what I mean. Fellas,
if you have problems with that down there, that's when
you go to the dot.

Speaker 1 (13:58):
That's when you want to go. Yeah, but when it
comes to that maybe a.

Speaker 2 (14:08):
Bad muscle or your back is hurting, stuff like that,
you might go get that checked out.

Speaker 1 (14:11):
But down there, it's true. He's not lying, he's not
lying those buddy uh. Men are notorious for not talking
about their feelings, and no, that's not just another stereotype,
it's an actual trend. Psychologists have documented mm hmm. In

(14:33):
the eyes of many men, discussing emotions is just another
form of vulnerability that can lead to discomfort. It can
be scary for men to begin sharing their feelings, but
the payoff is worth it. Men who express their feelings
verbally are less likely to express them in other ways.
So what could those other ways be? Substance abuse? Right,

(14:54):
whether alcohol, alcohol, or drug.

Speaker 2 (15:00):
I'm gonna say that you gambling. It can be adult entertainment, yep,
it could be a lot of things to over compensate that.

Speaker 1 (15:11):
Talk to the men in your life, encourage them to
talk about their day, to tell you about their emotions,
and to be open with you. They may be resistant
at first, but persistence it's powerful, and you'll be doing
your part to improve men's mental health. So it may
not even be a therapist. It may be like your
fiance speaking to you, and maybe you and I speaking
to each other, me speaking to my father, me speaking

(15:34):
to my other male friends. I have in my life
that I hold dear to my heart outside of you too,
So I agree with that. Let's keep this going, you know,
let's keep this In my.

Speaker 2 (15:43):
Case, I feel like because I grew up around a
lot of women and had a lot of female friends, yes,
that also kind of helped me tap into that more.
But I don't want vulnerable, vulnerable, sensitive side just really
tap into myself because you know, women really do get
into the mental, into the heart and the spirit and

(16:03):
all that stuff like that, and y'all understand emotions, and
so it's I've kind of always been grateful to have
that because you know, when you're with the guys, or
you're talking maybe your dad, maybe your granddad or something
like that, or uncle or something like that, maybe your brother,
but I know, maybe trying to have those certain type
of conversations with a friend. You know, the guys, guys

(16:27):
all that. Everybody's tough, so you can't have to really
have a moment. So a lot of the times we
act out. So it's like, oh, you know, you go
drinking with the fellas, that's your way of saying there
might be something wrong or you're releasing something that's bothering you.
So I'm gonna go drink, I'm gonna go heavy in
the gym, or you know, go play basketball, football, or

(16:47):
you just stuck on your video games, because that's another
way for you to take away what's going on in
your mind if you're struggling. And it kind of sucks
because a lot of the males do feel like they
can't be vulnerable and open with their with another male
here without feeling like somebody don't call you saw or sensitive.
I remember when my first child, I was nervous, I

(17:10):
was scared. I was financially prepared, but I wasn't mentally
prepared as on taking on another life and being responsible
and all of that. You think, because you have everything
for the child, that's that's where it's at. And I
had a friend that told me on the phone. I
called him and I was like balling on the phone

(17:31):
and he told me. He was like, man, you got
man up. You're a father now, you know, don't call
me with that ship. You a father, You made a baby.

Speaker 1 (17:39):
So when he told you to man up, mm hmm,
do you feel like that kind of dismissed? You know what?
That's a good question.

Speaker 2 (17:47):
Did that That's a that's a good question. So the
younger me took that as he dismissed me the person
I am today. Yes, he was looking out for me.
I did take it as it dismissed. When I was
I was twenty five, I was still young, and I
did take it like damn. But then when I got

(18:09):
older and just realizing things and how now that I
have a lot more men in my life now also too,
the dynamic and how conversations are had or whatever. That
was his way of saying, dude, it's gonna be okay. Yeah,
you got it. You strong, you're a man, you got this, okay.
And that's how I look at it now, But back
then I didn't look at it like that. I was like,

(18:31):
I felt like I was being shut down. You gotta
be able to read. You gotta be able to read
between the lines a little bit, but some everybody doesn't
have that. So that kind of goes back into what
we're talking about, where you're able to talk and when
you're not. So when you kind of get something like that,
it's like, well, damn, I can't really talk to nobody else.
I can't talk to the other fellas because my homie

(18:53):
right here, he already shut me down, you know, And
your dad's probably going to say the same thing, and
your grand Paul, maybe your uncle, maybe your brother. But then,
what I also learned as I've gotten older, too, some
people that may have experienced certain things that you already
experienced and they overcame it. They're more sensitive to that conversation.

(19:13):
They're more open, and they kind of cautious with the
words is like they don't want to come off emotional
and soft. But anybody that cares about you, that has
been in a situation that you might be currently in
a struggling with and they overcame it a lot of times,
they're going to put you in the right direction, you know.

(19:34):
But men, men, you we have to have our safe
place too, just as I believe that's just like women.
Do you know, women they get on the phone called
her girlfriends and they can have that conversation everything. But
what the fellas is like, come on, let's go through
some pool, let's go get some beer. Word, you know,
let's go to you know what I'm saying. And they

(19:55):
just instead of talking, they're chugging, or they're bouncing the ball,
they're on the workout equipment. It's like avoiding. And it's
like in a sense, it's like, okay, it's comfort because
I got my people with me. It's a distraction, so
I got them with me, so I'm safe. But then
it's like I'm not able and verbally able to say

(20:16):
what I want to say if that makes sense, you know,
So you just have to It depends on those relationships.
And I think I said before you know, if you
don't have or you're not comfortable, because some people just
not an open book. I'm an open book because I'm
a type of person. If I'm dealing with something, misery
doesn't I'm not a person that wants uh that loves

(20:38):
company because I'm miserable, you know what I mean. I'm
not one of those type of people. But if I'm
dealing with something, going through something, I'm going to express
that because I want somebody to help me get out
of that. I don't want to put that burden on them.
But if I know that they're in a better place
than me and they can help me overcome it whatever
I'm dealing with and they're not going to judge me,
and I'm able to express and feel safe, I'm going

(20:59):
to talk to those peop I can come out of that.
But if you don't felas if y'all don't have that,
or you don't have the safe place, or you may
not have male friends, you may not have a brother,
you may not have a relationship with your dad or
whatever would have by the find a therapist, talk to
your primary care physician. There's stuff online, there's social media groups,

(21:20):
there's always somebody out there that knows a little bit
more than you, or may have the tools to help you.
When you are struggling mentally, you gotta get it out.
You gotta talk about it, because you will, you will
destroy yourself. And those things that those things that used
to be common nature, that you always felt that was right,

(21:44):
it's eventually wrong because you're It turns out that it's
wrong because you're not you're not really expressing it, you
know what I mean, Like you're you are holding back
all those things. So when you're playing ball, or you
go drinking, or you're going to the gym, all those
voidance is not fixing with the problem is so you continue,
you make that a routine because you're like, well, this

(22:04):
will just always work. But if you're not being vocal
about it or expressing it, it's gonna it's going to
keep you in that same situation that you're in and
then you're going to continue to be comfortable. And then
once again that goes on with men's health because then
what happens is when you are abusing your body or
you're doing certain things and avoiding certain things that's going
in your body, and you're using, you're hurting yourself and

(22:27):
then eventually you are going to get sick or you
may really shut down because all that time of avoidance
and all that self medicating, you're thinking, what's fixing? What
was your problem? Because when you stressed out or you
have anxiety or depression, the heart rate goes up, goes up.
You know, your hair can fall out, your skin can

(22:50):
break out, breakouts, you can have your ma may not
malfunction properly. You go through so many things because of
the mind. That's how powerful the mind is. Thank you
for that, Fellas. So it's like, when those things are
going on, don't try to substitute it with with the
normalcy around you. Go take care of it. Definitely, go

(23:11):
take care of it. Go take care of it absolutely.
When that in July come on on the car, what
you do, take it right into the shop.

Speaker 1 (23:18):
That's right.

Speaker 2 (23:19):
So when when you start clicking and you ain't feeling
right and you know something's not adding up in you,
go take care of that, just the same way you
want your car to last and run.

Speaker 1 (23:29):
That's how you want your body to inside and out,
inside and out, inside and out mentally and physically. Yes,
I like that car analogy. Yes, men should be making
better lifestyle choices, which seven had highlighted there making better
and I mentioned that earlier better lifestyle choices. That's important.

Speaker 2 (23:50):
That is important.

Speaker 1 (23:51):
That is important because men's life inspectancy is shorter than women's,
definitely is. So that says a lot. That says a lot.
That says a lot. There. So that was from again,
you know, we decide our sources here. That is from
Summit Medical Group June third. Four Important facts about men's health.

(24:14):
Let's keep it rolling, y'all. This one is from Dignity
Health and it is on why do men I'm sorry,
why do many men avoid seeking medical help? And this
kind of deals with unique challenges and experiences men face
and taking care of their health. So let's see here.

(24:35):
This is important here the belief in self reliance. Many
men believe they should be able to handle their health
issues on their own, leading to delays and seeking professional help.

Speaker 2 (24:49):
It's kind of like we think, like it'll fix itself. Yes, yeah, it.

Speaker 1 (24:52):
Will fix itself. There's fair vulnerability. Again, admitting to needing
help can be assigned as weakness, as seven had mentioned,
which can be particularly challenging for men raised in a
culture that emphasizes you know, being strong and all that stuff. Yeah,
that's important. We didn't mention this, but this is good.

(25:14):
Financial concerns, definitely. The cost of health care can be
a significant barrier for some men, especially those without insurance
or facing financial hardship. Y'all. Insurance is going up, health
insurance is going up, copays are going up. Paychecks aren't
going up. You know facts, right, Let's keep it real.

(25:34):
Let's keep it real. Code pays all that. Everything's going up,
but the paychecks aren't going up. Can't stand your jobs, sorry, y'all.
Busy schedules, which we mentioned earlier, men often juggle careers
and family responsibilities, leaving little time for self care. So
many men perceive that having health issues as sign of weakness. Again,

(25:56):
this delays their access to care, says doctor person. So
that's really important to know. Let's see, you want to
schedule your regular checkups, as we mentioned, talk to your
doctor about your concerns. You want to be open and
honest with your doctor about any health concerns you may have,
no matter how small they may seem. Talk to your doctor.

(26:17):
Write a note like write little notes before you go
in about everything that's bothering you or any questions or
concerns that you may have. Write notes, kind of come prepared.
Dont your symptoms right, never ignore symptoms. If something's not
feeling right, get it looked at. Is not going to disappear.
Like seven said, yep, it can be severe. You know

(26:40):
that's important. Get to know your body, get in tune
with your body, make healthy lifestyle choices. As it's mentioned before,
connect with other men, which we you know, which we
was talking about a while ago. Connecting with men, talking
to friends, family, or therapists can provide valuable support to
help you feel less alone and your health journey. I

(27:01):
think that's important to know so, and just taking care
of your health is not a weakness. Man, Please stop
thinking that. That is not a weakness. Okay, that is
not weakness, it's strength.

Speaker 2 (27:16):
I think, I think what what what what happens is
is that we get so caught up in our routine
and we are consumed by every everyday life, you know,
which is like you know, working, family, whatever you got
going on school, whatever, it could be whatever. And I
just personally feel like you have to put that, You

(27:38):
got to put yourself first. You got to take that
time because if you're no good and the people that
you're worried about taking care of and all that stuff
like that, your builds, your whatever, your family, whatever it
could be. If you're not good, you're not gonna be
able to do any of those things. So you have
to add self care fellas into your daily your your

(27:59):
your your routine team, or you know, put it in
your schedule. You know, make sure you do your six
months checkups, whatever your doctor you know recommends, look into it.
Make that time for you. You if you are a man,
if you're a man that has a lot of stuff
going on, a lot of things on your plate, yes,
that can cause you to get sick, that can cause

(28:20):
you to have mental issues. So rather later, take care
of it now so when certain things come your way,
you're able to be here, still stand on it, because
the worst thing you could do to yourself is be
struggling mentally or have some type of health issue while
dealing with all the everyday life stuff. You know, all

(28:42):
that stress on top of stress over top of stress,
and it would be hard to get out of that.
So if your health is good and your mental health
is good, you'll be able to navigate all those other things.
I believe it I really do too.

Speaker 1 (28:53):
I believe it.

Speaker 2 (28:55):
I believe it.

Speaker 1 (29:00):
So this is from Sturdy Health, published on July twentieth,
twenty twenty three, and this is men's health matters. Five
commonly overlook health care issues. Some of this may be
redundant because we have repeated them several times, but let's
you know, the more you repeat things, the more you
become used to hearing it, and it sticks with you,

(29:21):
so let us repeat it again if we have to.
Preventative care. Preventative care is critical and maintaining your overall
health and early detection of issues can be life saving.
It is recommended that men in their thirties go to
the doctor every other year and to switch to annual
visits in their forties. That's interesting because women are supposed

(29:41):
to go every year, so that's interesting there. Regular checkups
for men include blood pressure screening, blood work, testicular and
prostate exams, in addition to other routine health checks. Yep,
I think that's as important bow health. You know, using
the bathroom down there, talking of about bathroom issues might
be bad manners, but it could also save your life, fellas,

(30:07):
it could save your life. Colorectal cancer is the third
most commonly diagnosed cancer, and men have a one and
twenty three lifetime risk of developing yaikes. So that's important
about bow related cancers.

Speaker 2 (30:23):
And things like that.

Speaker 1 (30:24):
And also I would say this too. This may be
a little too graphic, but just know how your body
feels when you're using the bathroom, and also check your
your bowel movements to look for like little patterns you're
supposed we're supposed to do that anyways, check to see
if your stools or whatever or anything, you know, different patterns.

(30:45):
All just keep keep a mind mindful watch on that.
The good news is that colorectal cancer can be highly
treatable with early detection. So again preventive measures.

Speaker 2 (30:58):
That's that.

Speaker 1 (30:58):
That is hopeful hearing that. That is hopeful hearing that,
So keep that in mind. Skin cancer. Wow, I didn't
even think this. I'm glad I read this. Skin cancer.
Men over fifty are more likely than women to develop melanoma,
and by the age of sixty five the risk is double.
Never knew that. So that's important your skin cancer. We

(31:21):
said this earlier alcohol use. According to the CDC, men
are more likely to drink excessively than women. This level
of alcohol consumption can lead to risky behaviors and accidents,
and is associated with lower fertility. Uh oh, baby making time. Ooh, yikes,
it's going to be down. The more you drinking that

(31:42):
baby making ain't gonna be happening. Also, excessive drinking is
also associated with elevated risks for several types of cancers,
including pros state and liver cancer. Go figure that out.
We were just talking about prostate in liver cancer, so
keep that in mind too. Mental health, we're not going
to go much in detail. We already spoke about that.
Mental health continues to have a stigma around it, especially

(32:05):
for men, but that does not make it any less. Prevalent.
Depression and anxiety affect everyone. Men include it, and their
effects can range from mild issues like fatigue, irritability, and
difficulty focusing to more severe symptoms like aggression, social withdrawal,
and self harm. So there are a lot of treatments

(32:25):
available for men. For men with mental health, disources and
treatments can be tailored to your specific needs. So there's
like therapy for cognitive behavioral therapy medications including SSRIs or
or more commonly a combination of the two. So keep
that in mind, talk to therapists, talk to your primary

(32:49):
care physician about anything you're facing, but your mental health.
As seven had mentioned earlier, and this is important, y'all.
This is for you gen Z, the younger population here.
Listen to this and I'll be done with this reading, y'all.
I'm not trying to bore y'all, nothing like this, but
this is important to know. These are facts. Listen to this, y'all.

(33:09):
This is from the Hill dot com and it's healthcare.
This article is by Alejandra O'Connell Dominic. I hope I
didn't pronounce that wrong. I'm sorry if I butchered her name.
This was dated September twenty third, twenty twenty four. Two

(33:29):
and five gen Z men don't have a primary care doctor,
according to a survey. Nearly forty percent of Generation Z
men do not have a primary care provider, according to
a Cleveland Clinic survey.

Speaker 2 (33:46):
You want to know something, Astar. This just popped up
in my head, and I think this is true. This
might go for a lot of not just men, but
just you know, kids, young adults in general. A lot
of us don't onarn our parents' insurance or have insurance
until we're about eighteen years old or nineteen or unless
we're in college or something like that. Okay, And then

(34:06):
a lot of times, because we're young, we're not thinking
about health insurance. I can tell you probably from after
I got off my parents and my dad had me
on health insurance insurance. I think I got off at nineteen.
I don't want to say I got my own health
insurance until after I want to say late twenties, late

(34:31):
definitely after twenty five. I know I would get a
job and be like, man, I ain't taking that getting
that ticking out of my paycheck. I don't need that,
you know. I'm once again, guys, has just being ignorant
and not knowing much because you're thinking because you're young
and what have you whatever. And what happened to me
was I was, I want to say, about twenty or
twenty one, and I was starting to develop weird symptoms

(34:54):
and stuff like that. So I did go to the
hospital and then they referred me to a doctor and
that's how I found out I was diabetic. And so
then after that, then that's when I had to start
getting blood work, going to doctors because then once your
adults is not like your parents like you gotta go
for your check to the doctor, you gotta go do this,
you gotta go to the dentist, you gotta go have

(35:14):
this done. And so when you're kind of out there
on your own, it's like, I'm not worried about that.
I feel fine, And I said, and I said to myself,
now I'm like, man, I thank god that I did
pay attention to what my body was doing so at
a young age also too, because it could have led
to something else. I knew people that were in their
twenties that had a heart attack and it like shocked you,

(35:35):
you know, and their late twenties that had a heart attack,
and so I was just like, wow, you know what
I mean. So I I think that is another issue
with the with the whole you know, going to the
doctors and health and all that too. It could be
their insurance thing. And then once again, you know, after
you're a young adult, you're thinking, I don't need to
go to doctors. I don't feel bad, yea worry about it.

(35:56):
And then you know, you all you're only worried about
having a good time and making money and all that.
So the last one of your words is going to
the doctors are going for check up unless something's literally
wrong and probably not out of ten, but everybody does
instead of getting a doctor. Once a doctor, just go
to the emergency room.

Speaker 1 (36:14):
That's true, urgent care for the urgent care to their
primary doctor.

Speaker 2 (36:19):
That was my thing.

Speaker 1 (36:23):
Room. I'm glad you brought that up some truth.

Speaker 2 (36:25):
Yeah, yeah, that is true.

Speaker 1 (36:28):
Yes, yes, seven, yes, I'm going to finish this out
real quick and I'll be done with the reading, y'all.
So we have a Peter Boject, director of the Center
for Men's Health at Cleveland Clinic, said health risks linked
to age and family history make having a relationship with

(36:48):
the primary care provider essential even for younger men, the
gen Z men as well and millennials too because also
to you got a member too, a lot of our
health issues are genetic. Very it's genetic. So if a
grandparent had something, your parent had something, you're more likely
to be predisposed to having that as well. So it's

(37:09):
kind of important with men's help to add on to that.
Know your family history on both sides, your mother and
your father and any siblings too. I think they asked
questions about siblings and other family member too. Is I
think they may ask also.

Speaker 2 (37:23):
Definitely bloodline.

Speaker 1 (37:24):
Have the bloodline yep, because that could you might be
getting that knock on wood. Hopefully you won't, but there's
a chance that there's possibility you might get diagnosed with
that same disorder that your loved one has. So just
keep that in mind, just stay in tune with the
family on that. So that was a good article from
the Hill dot Com. I thought that was important to

(37:46):
address and to mention. So I think seven got some
things he want to say.

Speaker 2 (37:51):
Yeah, so I definitely wanted I definitely wanted to mention,
you know, talking about because we are on you know,
it's Men's Health months, and I definitely wanted to tap in,
you know with the fellas. I really, I really think
that it's really important that you that we are are
taking care of our mental health. But there's something that
I wanted to really touch on also too as men

(38:16):
and what I've realized maybe it might just be my
generation or whatever. I can't smell it everybody. I'm a
millennial born in eighty seven. But what I would say
is what I'm noticing is a lot a lot of
you fellas don't like being alone. But I really don't

(38:39):
think a lot of the fellas like being alone. And
I really think you know, you think because you might
be the guy and you got all the girls or whatever,
might sleep around whatever, whatever works for you, whatever. But
I I feel like when you're doing that, you're causing
also a lot of trauma to your to your mental health,

(39:00):
if I'm saying it, correct in and out of those relationships.
And a lot of times if you're out of relationship
and in our relationship, they're not good relationships obviously, So
obviously something went wrong if they're not lasting. And what
I have to say is is that you, guys, you
have to be able to step step back a little

(39:21):
bit and take that time for yourself because if you
do want to have a successful relationship with someone, you
you want to come to the next person with your
best you know, you don't want to bring any drama
or trauma, any of those things into the next situation
you're going into. And I just personally feel a lot

(39:44):
of guys aren't healing. So what's going on is we
are creating broken homes, breaking women or men, whatever your
preference is, whatever, But you're taking all that bag into
the next situation. You're going into and you're not healing,
and all you're doing is just corrupting yourself, corrupting the

(40:07):
situations you're in, and you just just taking on a
whole bunch of bs that you don't have to so,
you know, and and I think that's why that might
be a reason why a lot of guys jump in
and out with different women and stuff like that. I
think it's really a thing of just not wanting to
be alone. You also have mommy issues, you can have
abandonment issues issues. You know, you could have went through

(40:28):
some stuff, so you may feel that's why you have
to be with somebody. And I'm one of those type
of people also too. I don't believe in being in
any situation that's not good for me. And if the
situation isn't good and you are really already dealing with
enough enough shit, don't don't continue to keep yourself in

(40:49):
that because you don't want to be alone. Because what
that causes is what a lot of what a lot
of things happened is We're starting to see a lot
of domestic violence, see a lot of suicide, a lot
of depth, yes, a lot of.

Speaker 1 (41:06):
Oh my god, so.

Speaker 2 (41:07):
Many things are happening to the men in the world
today because.

Speaker 1 (41:11):
And they're lashing out on what I'm a woman, and
they're lashing out on women, like he said, domestic violence,
they're verbally, mentally, physically, and it's hurting the woman, creating
more trauma.

Speaker 2 (41:22):
I agree, you know, And it's because I feel like
a lot of time. Yeah, your partner can also bring
a lot of stuff to you to make you act out. Yeah,
but if you already dealing with a lot of stuff
in your head, your own personal issues and all that
stuff like that, and if somebody's already in a bad
place himself, both you two are just clashing together. She's broken,

(41:42):
he's broken, or he's broken he's broken. Trauma trauma bonding,
and it's not good. And some people get so caught
up and get so used to that being their normal
that they think that that's normal and it's not. That's
not normal to be in a bad situation thinking that
it's healthy, that is right, you know what I'm saying.
So my thing with that is fellas you know, if

(42:03):
you're dealing with a lot of stuff, if you can't commit,
if you're not fulfilled in your life, or you're lacking
areas in your life. If there's things that's going on
in you that you're not taking care of, but you
just but you don't want to be alone, you're not
going to create a good situation for yourself. And then
what I also feel as if you're a broken man

(42:24):
and you go into a situation and I'm speaking about
relationships on this because I spoke about being alone, Eventually,
if your partner doesn't help you come out of that,
they will also use that against you. But okay, and
that would become a weakness, and what that would do
is and make you bitter as a man, and then
you'll have anger and aggression towards your partner because now

(42:46):
what they doing calling you out on who you are
because you're not a fixed person. So they're going to
talk about, oh, you're weak, or you got mental issues,
or you don't have relationship with your parents, or you
got kids here and there, or you can't keep a woman,
you can't keep a job. All that stuff plays into
your head and whatever the case may be, whatever you're

(43:07):
dealing with, and it's all in your head and all
that's going around going around, and then what happens is
either you start abusing drugs or alcohol. You start, you'll
start being a physically and mentally abusive. You know, you'll
start doing all these different things that you think is
helping you cope. That's gonna take away what the problem is,

(43:30):
and it's not. All. This is creating more and more
problems around you. And I I just say that when
you're already dealing with something or you're going through something,
take care of that first before you go into another situation.
Fellas any situation, if it's a job, if it's a relationship,
if it's with your children, if it's with friends, family, whatever,

(43:52):
you have to be in a healed space. We as men,
we ask people and this is this goes even to women.
I say all the time, people, you have to learn
to be selfish these days. Yep, you have to be
You have to take care of yourself self discussion. You
have to take care of yourself. And once you're good,

(44:14):
then you'll be able to be good to any and
everybody around you. You be good to your family, your friends,
your job, whatever you got going on, you'll be there
and capable and clear minded able to do it. But
if your head, if your heart, and your soul is broken,
you don't want to keep going into those situations, sit
in those because I tell you what. I tell you this.

(44:35):
When you're alone, you're able to think you have no distractions.
And when you're not taking that time for yourself and
you're jumping here, they're doing this and doing that or whatever,
you are not taking care of yourself. You're just taking
care of a moment. And a moment only lasts for
a moment. So you have to be able to take

(44:56):
care of yourself, tap in with yourself whatever you're dealing with,
so you don't take any your bs onto any other
situation in your life. The mental health has to come first, fellas.
You've got to take care of that mental health and
take care of your physical health. Also. You have to
take care of those two things that are numbers the
number two things in your life, your mental health and

(45:18):
your and your your physical health. You have to take
care of those things so you'll be able, you know,
but take that time of being alone. There's nothing wrong
with being alone and tapping in with yourself, getting to
know yourself because a lot of times, a lot of
us were raised being told who we are, what we're
going to be, or what we have to do, and

(45:39):
we stick to that, and then it becomes our norm.
And then as you get older, you're sitting back like
you're fighting all these things around you because these are
all the things that people have put on your back
and put on you or told you that you were,
So you become these things. And then you'll come to
a point in your life where you kind of look,
You'll look back and look at yourself and you're like,
this is not who I am. I'm not happy, I'm

(46:01):
not well, you know, I don't. I'm not this, I'm
not that, and you'll and if you don't address it,
you'll start to take your your feelings and your frustrations
out on things and people and around you. And if if,
if you go here and do the self work, you
can save yourself a lot of trauma, a lot of time,

(46:21):
a lot of disappointment, a lot of heartache if you
take care of those things.

Speaker 1 (46:26):
So your suggestion, pretty much overall sum it up, would be,
take care of yourself, take yourself, don't lie, woman, don't yeah, boys, and.

Speaker 2 (46:34):
It's okay to be alone. So it's okay. It'll make
you any less than a man if you alone, or
you live alone, or you're not dating or if you're
not hopping in and out of bed with whoever, take
that time for yourself and do that self healing, because
hopping out of bed, substance abuse, doing all types of
crazy stuff, it's not going to fix your problem. It's
not going to make you well, it's not going to

(46:56):
fix you. It's still going to be there.

Speaker 1 (46:58):
And then you're also carrying that onto the partner, or
if you're bringing all those energy and spirits to the partner,
like you said, the children, you're bringing that on and
that's not fair. That's not fair. That's not fair.

Speaker 2 (47:10):
It's not fair.

Speaker 1 (47:11):
It's not fair.

Speaker 2 (47:12):
Yeah, you don't want to take that brokenness or whatever
you've got going on to every situation around you, because
all you're creating is chaos and you and you're.

Speaker 1 (47:21):
Letting it transfer to other people. You're like that spirit
and that energy just keep on transferring, transferring, transferring, and
it may not be a good energy or spirit, it
may be a bad, evil one. But you know what,
we're not going to knock you about that for even
having a bad spirit or dark energy or evil spirit,
because you're what you're going through. You know, maybe you

(47:41):
at one point in life you were a good person,
had it all, had your head goron straight. But maybe
life turns you cold. You know what I'm saying, Maybe
the world turns you cold. That made you that way, And.

Speaker 2 (47:52):
That's what I'm brought up. When you realize that there's
a problem or something, that's when you take care of
it so it doesn't get worse. Go ahead and take
care of those things. If you know you in the
fuck that place, you know that you messed up in
the head. You know you may not love her or
love this when I want to be with that or
do this, or work here or have that. If you
know that you're not aware of yourself and you're not

(48:13):
at your full best potential of yourself, take that time
and be alone. Don't carry all that on into every
situation in your life. Take that self healing and fellas.
There's nothing wrong with journaling. There's nothing wrong with or
a therapy. If talking it out to somebody, what I
will say when you do talk and express yourself, make

(48:35):
sure it's safe. Everybody needs a safe place or a
safe person to talk to or a safe place to go.
You don't want to feel judged. If anything, you want
to be heard and if the person can offer something
good to you, good advice, yes, whatever the case may be,
then you take it. Know who you're talking to, don't
tell your business to everybody and all of that. But

(48:56):
definitely find a safe place for yourself to talk to,
to unleash and if it's going to the gym, if
it's going for a walk, if you go, you know,
shoot hoops by yourself. Anything that is therapeutic to make
you feel better. Do those things. But don't run the
sex and drugs in the streets and all that stuff

(49:17):
like that. That's not gonna fix all that. Try to
bring those positive things into your life that can help
bring you out or that's gonna shine light on your situation.
Know who you are, know your self worth as a man.
You know what I'm saying. That's all I gotta say.

Speaker 1 (49:34):
So, okay, Mike, drop what I want to say. I
agree with everything that seven had mentioned everything, and I'm
so glad he highlighted every single thing that he has said.
Shout out to him for that. I respect it and
thank you for that. Even recognizing us ladies, myself included.

(49:55):
You know that's important because that does play a factor
and it does hurt us in the end two out
to you for that. Let me say something that I
want to mention and this. If y'all didn't hear a
Pride Month Navigating Pride Month episode, listen to that too.
Let me tell you this and this is what I
personally heard. Men are men are stating that it's gay

(50:20):
to get colorectal screenings and prostate exams. I never heard
nothing like that in my life. I think that is absurd,
that that is. That is crazy that you that you
all feel that way. That is sick that you feel
that way that you cannot go there. Who was thinking
about self pleasure or getting turned on from getting that exam?

(50:41):
I know when I get my my checkups, I'm thinking
of I hope I don't got nothing or you know,
nothing down there.

Speaker 2 (50:46):
Or or cancer everything.

Speaker 1 (50:48):
So I think about if it's gay or whatever. You Yeah,
that mentality meaning to.

Speaker 2 (50:53):
Tell me that you guys are basically saying that it's
worth you losing your life because over a label. Yeah,
or it may look a certain way or feel a
certain way that you rather stand by what people think
or a label or name then your health. That's crazy
to me.

Speaker 1 (51:09):
Think about it, think about it, think about.

Speaker 2 (51:12):
Its fellows, go to them, go to the doctor.

Speaker 1 (51:15):
It's not gay.

Speaker 2 (51:16):
If you get a physical stop it or whatever. You
got to get examined, get it done. Get it done.
It can save you in the long and in the
long run.

Speaker 1 (51:25):
And let me add this on too, to on top
of this topic. Also, so I also heard that men
were not washing their backsides properly because they consider that gay.
So that means they have a bunch of feats up there.
But y'all not watching them good back there. You're not
taking a washdrag with the soap and getting in there,
opening up and getting in there, scrubbing in there, good,

(51:46):
getting it up. You're gonna have your self infections. And
also too, you're going to calls the women that you're
sleeping with bacterial vaginosis. So stop calling them fish pots
or fishy smells because that might be coming from you
because that's all the bowel movements and all that and
all the fluids and bolty fluids mixing together. So stop
that ignorant talk. Keep yourself clean, Keep yourself clean. That

(52:08):
is ridiculous. And to back that up, there was doctor
jin caudel or Cardell. She had a short YouTube video
on YouTube called are some men really not washing their bottoms?

Speaker 2 (52:21):
Just or no?

Speaker 1 (52:21):
And she speaks to that, y'all want to reference that
it is sick to get out of that mentality of
everything is gay. Stop that nonsense. Stop it. You're hurting
yourselves in the end run, you're hurting yourselves. And I'm
gonna tell you this. I think it's a turn on
when men practice self care. I'm sorry, when they're not
over abusing substances, keeping themselves clean, going to the doctor specialists, dentists,

(52:45):
getting their manicures and pedicures. Yes, I said that, massages
and facials. I love to see a man looking clean
and taking care of himself and well groomed. That's attracted
to me, and I think other women may feel that
way too. I'm gonna give an example. This is gonna
relate to my homie seven.

Speaker 2 (53:01):
Here.

Speaker 1 (53:02):
Back in the day, we worked at a job, got
a story telling about the jobs that I can't stand.
There was this one girl, an African lady, and she
was on seven like no other. She knew me and
seven are best friends. That's my homie whatever. So we
had a side conversation and she said, Mmm, it's something

(53:23):
about him. I can't do her acting, y'all, So forgive me.
She said, it's something about him. He keeps himself clean.
You know, he's just clean. You know, he got clean car.
He just keep himself clean, keep himself up to date,
looking good. That one time we was in a meeting.
She was there and she had the seductive vice talking

(53:44):
to my homie here. And she was pretty and pretty, married,
pretty nic shape, everything, pretty woman and told and told
him if I wasn't married, I would make you want
me even if you don't want me, I said, I said,
I said, okay, shout out to her, Shout out to her,

(54:04):
shooting her shot. You know, I said, okay, Because why
my homeboy here is keeping himself up clean, taking care
of himself. Woman like that, women like that keep it up.
That turned her on, and I agree, it is a
turn on for me too. And like I said, some
of the things I listened to before might be considered feminine,

(54:27):
but I don't label that as feminin. You have nice
nails and nice feet, take care of yourself, facials and
everything besideses, get yourself together, get yourself right.

Speaker 2 (54:35):
And honestly, I'm the type of man I just don't
do it for the looks or for compliments. I do
it for myself. It feels good because I'm telling you,
when you look good, you feel good. You know what
I'm saying. So let it all aligne at the inside
as well. Let the outside be well. To take care
of yourself, I'm telling you, fellas, I am. I get

(54:55):
a massage every couple months. I massage caller. I haven't
had a many hear and pedicure in a while, but
I make sure my fingernails is clean and look right,
you know all that stuff. Make sure the skin is
it's goodye, the beard is shaped up or haircut whatever,
all those things. Man. Women admired that. And then it's
also once again it's part of your your your self cared. Yes,

(55:19):
you know what I'm saying. So when you feel good,
you look good, Fellas, take care of yourself, wash your ass,
keep your Johnson clean, all those things, because those are
the things that shine light. And women do look at that.
They look at that. They like a man that is
well kept and takes care of himself. You know what
I'm saying. We do. They like that, and if the

(55:40):
car is clean, that's definitely a plus. They like when
you pull up in a clean car. I'm at the
car wash three times a week. That then getting clean
sneaker's gonna be clean. Everything be clean. I don't care
if I just got off of work. Everything gonna look
good because when you look good, you feel good. Yes,
there's number one key, fellas that self care. You've got
to take care of yourself and not saying you gotta

(56:01):
go get mannies and petties and all that, but take
care of your outer and parents it just as well
as your inside. Definitely do that. Thank you for do whatever, whatever,
whatever you know makes you feel good as a man.
If it's like I said, going to the gym, shooting ball,
cleaning your car, whatever you know, all those things are
self care and do those things for yourself. Yep.

Speaker 1 (56:25):
I'm gonna also highlight this. My sister and I had
a conversation again and this was about men's health, and
she mentioned that men working in certain professions, like if
they work for like the state, the government, or the
school system, they're going to take better care of their
bodies more because why the jobs require mandatory drug testing
and physicals. You got to keep up with that to
make sure you're able to perform the job. Properly.

Speaker 2 (56:47):
And not only that, you gotta be well kept when
you go up in those corporate jobs and.

Speaker 1 (56:51):
All those jobs, especially physical man labor and all that
type of stuff.

Speaker 2 (56:55):
But when I worked in nursing, my scrubs were armed,
they were never regulated, My speakers would be clean like
all of that. Like, yeah, yeah, you gotta present yourself well, yeah, absolutely.

Speaker 1 (57:09):
I believe in that, And I believe that those kind
of professions they keep men to take care of their
health because they're gonna be screened every year for that.

Speaker 2 (57:15):
So you definitely don't want to look like what you've
been through.

Speaker 1 (57:20):
Oh yeah, you know.

Speaker 2 (57:20):
So when you get that testimony, people will look like, wow,
I've never even thought or imagine you was dealing with
that or been through that, or whatever the case may me.
You know, So that definitely shines light on the fact
that no matter what you're going through, you're still taking
care of yourself, You're still keeping yourself up.

Speaker 1 (57:39):
Yes, there also wanted to say something else too, Rest
in peace to the late IRV Gotti. The rest and
peace to him. You'll know who he is. The behind
jah Rul Shanti, the producer. He was a filmmaker. He
did shows he was a writer, multi talent, and to

(58:02):
say that, yeah, he had his own label and everything
like that. Rest in peace to him. I want to
give an example. His death is an example of how
he would still be here with us today. He had diabetes.
I think he was diagnosed in his late forties, and
he had multiple strokes. He wasn't taking care, taking care
of himself. He wasn't taking his insulin, and he wasn't gueting.

(58:25):
So that resulted in an untimely death for him, and
also too back in the day. I'm not going to
judge him. He's deceased now, Rest in peace. But you know,
not him, not just him alone. A lot of those
rappers were on ecstasy. They were drinking, drugging hard too,
and then you see what happens. They were doing their twenties, thirties,
maybe even forty, and then they end up catching.

Speaker 2 (58:48):
Caught up.

Speaker 1 (58:48):
You see what I'm saying, So please be mindful. I
always stressed this and the importance to that. Please please
be mindful of that. Rest in peace, or God, he
rest in peace. Rest in peace. You will forever live
on with your music, your artists. Rest in peace. And
we're sorry that you had to go. We're sorry, so
sorry for that.

Speaker 2 (59:11):
Yeah, so I just want to thank everybody. We're coming
to an end. Uh, thank you for tuning in on
Men's uh Men's Health Awareness Month, and you know, we
we want to thank all of our followers.

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we mentioned this before, we were going to do an
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may do it next year. We don't know yet, so
that was going to be our next episode, but we're

(01:00:39):
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