Conor Cusack shows it is brave for a man to show his feelings

DEPRESSION and mental health are in the news. With Galway hurler Niall Donoghue’s sad death, and Cork hurler Conor Cusack writing about his battle with depression, the GAA and the people of Ireland have been made more aware of depression.

Men hate talking about their feelings: it’s supposed to be unmanly, but that’s not the case. My father always joked ‘he hates seeing grown men cry’. I never thought about that statement, but now, with men’s mental health being discussed, I think the opposite to my dad.

It’s fine for men to cry. Yes, it might seem weird seeing a 6ft5” man sobbing in the corner, but it’s hard to keep in every emotion just because you want to look like ‘the big man’.