I still feel the same disbelief when I heard the statistic that suicide is the leading cause of death for men under 50yo. I somehow thought that heart disease…cancer…stroke, surely…? But no! Male suicide rates in the UK are at their highest level since 1999, with men accounting for ~75% of all suicides. That ‘fact’ appals me, as a counsellor; makes me really sad to think about the vast numbers of men who clearly don’t feel that talking about, voicing, their worries, concerns,