<p>The <a href="https://menstherapy.online/blog/the-loneliness-epidemic/?utm_source=Podcast&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_campaign=Blog" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">male loneliness epidemic</a> is not just a trending phrase. It’s a quiet crisis playing out in the lives of millions of men, showing up in emergency rooms, in <a href="https://menstherapy.online/podcasts/divorce-recovery-karen-mcmahon/?utm_source=Podcast&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_campaign=Blog" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">divorce</a> statistics, and in therapy offices where men are finally starting to talk about what they’ve long kept buried.</p><p>That’s exactly where this conversation begins.</p><p>In this episode of the Men’s Therapy Podcast, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcmazoulay/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marc Azoulay</a> sits down with returning guest <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-mckelley-ba5a62/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr. Ryan McKelley</a>, a research psychologist and expert in masculinity and men’s mental health, to unpack why so many men are experiencing deep social isolation, and what that isolation is actually doing to them.</p><p>The episode opens with a striking statistic: a 2018 study found that one in three men reported having no one to call in a physical emergency, not a <a href="https://menstherapy.online/podcasts/men-and-mental-health-a-guide-on-how-to-navigate-terminal-illness-with-sheila-clemenson/?utm_source=Podcast&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_campaign=Blog" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">mental health crisis</a>, but a car accident or a heart attack. That number sets the tone for everything that follows.</p><p>Dr. McKelley and Marc cover the difference between loneliness and solitude, the hidden face of male depression symptoms, the link between depression and anger, and why <a href="https://menstherapy.online/blog/men-need-therapy/?utm_source=Podcast&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_campaign=Blog" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">men’s therapy</a> and <a href="https://menstherapy.online/podcasts/does-group-therapy-really-make-men-stronger-jack-donovan/?utm_source=Podcast&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_campaign=Blog" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">men’s groups</a> offer something most men have never had access to before.</p><p>For more podcasts, blogs, and to get involved in the Men's Therapy Online Community, visit <a href="http://www.menstherapy.online" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.menstherapy.online</a>.</p><p>Follow us on social media: <a href="https://mtr.bio/mens-therapy-online" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mtr.bio/mens-therapy-online</a>.</p>