Men’s mental health: The importance of opening up to others [Video]

MAINE, USA — Teenage boys and men are more likely to take their own lives compared to girls and women of the same age.

While the statistics can be tough to follow, each number is a name, and each life taken leaves behind grieving loved ones and brings to light a question that can never fully be answered: Why?

June is Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month, and NEWS CENTER Maine spoke with trained professionals who work with men of all ages to promote the benefits of being open with their mental health.

One of those professionals is Portland native Paley Burlin, who admitted he never planned on becoming a licensed therapist. Sitting on his porch just a few miles from where he grew up, Burlin explained how a relationship with his own therapist was “life …