Sort Your Head Out: Mental health without all the bollocks

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Sharing my truth and dropping the bullshit is better therapy than a pint of Kronenburg and a large whisky chaser ever was, I can tell you. The Mirror's newsletter brings you the latest news, exciting showbiz and TV stories, sport updates and essential political information. Keeping it all inside was what nearly dragged Sam under. Then he began to open up and share his story with others. Soon his life started to get better and better. Now, he’s written this book to help you do the same.

When I landed my first job in journalism I told myself that the best way to succeed was to never stop. When I finished at the office I would go home and write down ideas, do bits of research, read other newspapers and magazines obsessively. I was a product of Thatcherism – totally in thrall to my own productivity. I didn’t just want a steady job that paid the bills. I wanted to create great things constantly and be defined by them. And I also wanted to get totally shitfaced every weekend (plus sometimes on a Thursday).What else did people do to sort their heads out when numbing the senses with drugs and alcohol were off the table? Meditation? Yoga? These things work a treat for millions but, to be honest, I just wasn’t into it at that stage of my life. I was frantic, strung out. I couldn’t sleep. I felt pretty lost and alone at times. And while being posh or rich doesn’t protect you from mental illness, being working class definitely puts you more at risk. New year, new podcast! In this episode Rob and Adam are joined by sports writer and journalist Paul Doyle to discuss his phenomenal chapter in Ag...

So next time you’re in the pub, go to the trouble of asking how your mate is actually feeling. Twice. It’s a real shame because since I learned to be more open about my feelings, I have been amazed by the amount of support I have received. This really spoke to me about addiction, fatherhood, and the amount of unnecessary pressure we put ourselves under trying to become someone else's version of male success rather than our authentic self.A network of anonymous, non-clinical groups for blokes to connect, talk and listen on a regular basis. Every Monday at 6.30pm for men in the UK and online globally.

What happened when a rag-tag band of scruffs and smart-arses invaded Westminster, sprinkling creative fairy dust over earnest politicians? How much did snappy slogans and simplistic soundbites influence election results and even government policies? Sort Your Head Out” is Sam Delaney’s attempt to draft a no-nonsense guide to men’s mental health. He does so less through recourse to medical or academic research, but largely by drawing on his own experience of crushing anxiety, alcoholism, and drug addiction. In doing so, Delaney has written a self-help guide free of earnest psychobabble that seeks to connect with a group often overlooked in the discourse on mental health: working class men. It's another Halcyon podcast mini-series and in this one, we're focusing on the brilliant We Lose Every Week by Andrew Lawn. We Lose Every Week i...For many middle-aged blokes like me, masculinity is still all about beer, banter and a stiff upper lip.