A lot of the time guys of that age and generation have also been aggressively against dealing with any of their shit and accumulated decades of toxic behaviors and self loathing. Especially common in boomers who internalized the whole "shut up and deal with it like a man" thing.
I don't think it's a coincidence that every man of that age range I've ever met that wasn't a horrible person was a functional alcoholic, smoked a shitton of weed, or both. You need substances to survive that without becoming a bitter ball of hatred.
A lot of the time guys of that age and generation have also been aggressively against dealing with any of their shit and accumulated decades of toxic behaviors and self loathing. Especially common in boomers who internalized the whole "shut up and deal with it like a man" thing.
I don't think it's a coincidence that every man of that age range I've ever met that wasn't a horrible person was a functional alcoholic, smoked a shitton of weed, or both. You need substances to survive that without becoming a bitter ball of hatred.
If you’ve been avoiding your entire mental health for decades, then yeah, you’re going to be self-medicating.