Many men experience setbacks not just as a moment, but as an attack on their identity. They give their all, invest discipline, energy and heart and soul, and when something fails, the movie of complete failure immediately plays in their heads.
In the new episode of Men in Crisis, we talk about why men have never learned to deal with setbacks, why they tend to make crises bigger than they often are, and why failure is often not objectively bad, but internally destructive.
It’s about those seconds after the setback: the thoughts, the images of disaster, the self-condemnation. And how quickly we believe that everything was for nothing. And yet it becomes clear again and again that life doesn’t collapse, it readjusts.
Failure is not a final judgment. It is a moment of reorientation. An invitation to pause, take responsibility and choose more consciously instead of belittling yourself or remaining in victim mode. It’s not the opinion of others that counts, not the perfect CV, but how you deal with yourself when something doesn’t work out.
New episode Men in crisis: Why setbacks affect men existentially, why failure is often a gift in disguise and how you can find your way back to self-efficacy from destructive thought spirals.
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