Good morning, folks — James from Survival Punk here. Today’s episode isn’t your usual talk about gear, prepping, or bushcraft. This one hits deeper.
We’re talking about the men’s suicide epidemic — a survival issue that too often goes unspoken. Because let’s be honest, the number one rule of survival is waking up tomorrow. If you don’t do that, nothing else matters.

This topic came up after my wife saw a Facebook post about a friend’s brother who had taken his own life — a good guy, a family man. And it made us realize how common this story has become.
Men between 35 and 55 are at the highest risk, and that’s my age range. Statistically, men are three to four times more likely to die by suicide than women. It’s not talked about enough, and when it is, it’s often brushed aside or politicized. But this isn’t about politics — it’s about survival.

There’s a constant, relentless message in society that being a man is somehow wrong — “toxic masculinity,” they call it. But what’s really toxic is telling young men they’re useless or broken by default.
From sitcoms portraying dads as bumbling idiots to online rhetoric questioning why men are even necessary, the result is confusion, isolation, and despair.
Many men have no clear mission. We’ve had no defining crisis to give our lives direction — no WWII-level test, no sense of purpose that previous generations had. Without a calling, a lot of men drift — and some don’t find their way back.

Three generations — Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z — have all been affected.
We grind away at jobs, pay bills, and scroll through a world that seems to hate us. The military conflicts we did have, like Iraq and Afghanistan, were long, messy, and uncelebrated. There were no victory parades, just burnout and silence.
It’s no wonder veteran suicide rates are sky-high — around 22 a day. Purpose and belonging have been stripped away, and without those, survival loses meaning.

The solution isn’t complicated — it’s connection. Men need other men.
Text your buddies. Start a group. Go train jiu-jitsu. Work out together. Build something together. It’s time to bring back brotherhood.
Also, take care of your physical health. I got my testosterone levels checked recently and found out my total T was 471, with free T at 4.7 — way too low. Low testosterone is epidemic among men and directly affects mood, energy, and resilience.
If you feel sluggish, depressed, or disconnected, it might not just be mental — get your bloodwork done. You might be running on empty and not even know it.

Being a man isn’t toxic — giving up is.
The world needs strong men who take care of their families, who show up, who support their brothers.
If you’re struggling, don’t go dark. Reach out. Check on your friends.
The mission of Survival Punk has always been about staying alive and thriving, and that starts inside your own head.

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