Batman and Mental Health

YOUR SUPERHEROES ARE DEPRESSED

October isn’t just about pumpkins and costumes; it’s also Mental Health Month. So let’s open up a topic that’s both scary and necessary: mental health and masculinity.

When you think “depression”, you probably picture someone gloomy, withdrawn, weighed down by trauma. But you almost never think of yourself. Or your best mate. Or your colleague.

…And you definitely don’t think of Batman.
Mistake.

BATMAN IS #PROPERF*CKED

Batman, aka Bruce Wayne: billionaire, CEO, ripped, playboy, philanthropist… who spends every night dressed as a bat punching crime in the face. Why? Because as a kid, he saw his parents murdered in front of him.

TRAUMA, textbook style.

There’s PTSD. There’s obsessive behaviour. There’s antisocial personality disorder. And there’s depression. Loads of it.

Not just us saying it – there are actual books and clinical analyses (“What’s Wrong with Batman?”) written by psychologists who treat him like a real patient. The conclusion? Batman isn’t fighting crime; he’s fighting himself. He channels his pain into violence.

On the outside, he looks like he’s got it all. On the inside, he’s empty. Miserable. Alone. Just like many men who never say a word about what’s going on in their heads.

DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL

Batman is the classic symbol of old-school masculinity. The tough guy. Unshakable. A MAN, in capital letters, who never smiles. Because “real men don’t cry; they endure.” Feelings are for the “weak”. For the kind of people Batman beats up, not Batman himself.

So when you feel something, you think you’re not “man enough” or “strong enough”. You feel broken. And the safest move seems to be: keep quiet. Don’t show it. Just “man up”.

That’s why men talk about mental health way less than women. And when we don’t talk, it piles up. Until it explodes.

A REVISED (AND HEALTHIER) MASCULINITY

As with so many things, the old idea of masculinity is outdated when it comes to mental health. Time for an upgrade.

Being strong doesn’t mean staying silent. It means having the balls to ask for help.
Being a man doesn’t mean repressing yourself. It means being brave enough to navigate your emotions and share them.
It’s not hiding behind a bat-mask. It’s taking it off and showing vulnerability.

In short, it means being less like Batman. Because Batman is #properf*cked.

And when you’re not okay, you don’t fight crime in tights. You open your mouth and ask for help.

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Batman and Mental Health

YOUR SUPERHEROES ARE DEPRESSED

October isn’t just about pumpkins and costumes; it’s also Mental Health Month. So let’s open up a topic that’s both scary and necessary: mental health and masculinity.

When you think “depression”, you probably picture someone gloomy, withdrawn, weighed down by trauma. But you almost never think of yourself. Or your best mate. Or your colleague.

…And you definitely don’t think of Batman.
Mistake.

BATMAN IS #PROPERF*CKED

TRAUMA, textbook style.

There’s PTSD. There’s obsessive behaviour. There’s antisocial personality disorder. And there’s depression. Loads of it.

Not just us saying it – there are actual books and clinical analyses (“What’s Wrong with Batman?”) written by psychologists who treat him like a real patient. The conclusion? Batman isn’t fighting crime; he’s fighting himself. He channels his pain into violence.

On the outside, he looks like he’s got it all. On the inside, he’s empty. Miserable. Alone. Just like many men who never say a word about what’s going on in their heads.

DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL

So when you feel something, you think you’re not “man enough” or “strong enough”. You feel broken. And the safest move seems to be: keep quiet. Don’t show it. Just “man up”.

That’s why men talk about mental health way less than women. And when we don’t talk, it piles up. Until it explodes.

A REVISED (AND HEALTHIER) MASCULINITY

As with so many things, the old idea of masculinity is outdated when it comes to mental health. Time for an upgrade.

In short, it means being less like Batman. Because Batman is #properf*cked.

And when you’re not okay, you don’t fight crime in tights. You open your mouth and ask for help.

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