Isolated & Alone: The Hidden Battles All Men Face

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Episode #3 “Increasing Social Disconnection & Isolation”

Isolated & Alone? Ever Wonder Why?

In this episode we will be going over the 3rd headline in The State Of American Man 2025 Research study. The title for this heading is, “Men are isolated, feel like no one cares about them and are pessimistic about their romantic prospects.” This is a link to the SOAM 2025 Research study above. 

In the previous two episodes, we go over the 1st & 2nd headlines from the study. The 1st headline goes over what “Economic Anxiety” is and how it impacts men today. The 2nd headline is titled, “The Man Box” and builds on the previous episode and also describes how a man will behave and act if they are in “The Man Box”. This episode, the 3rd headline of the SOAM 2025 research study can be described as, men feel disconnected and isolated. Today we will go over and I’ll share some of the data used to help confirm why men feel disconnected and isolated. 

The primary purpose of The InBetween Man Podcast is to try and answer one simple question. “Why are men struggling today?”. It’s a broad question for a reason because there are social norms, culture norms and traditional male values that are all being considered when any man asks themselves, “Am I a real and good man?”.  I was really excited to learn that the SOAM 2025 Research was recently published. 

The previous State Of American Man 2023 Research study helped me create a framework of why I might be struggling with my personal life, professional life and what my mental state of mind could be like. I was depressed, alone, divorced and had thoughts of self harm. My emotional state of mind was RAW. It felt like I had 3rd degree burns all over my body during this time and there was nothing I could do to relieve the discomfort. I could run away from it, no one could tell me when it was going to end and I stayed in my house, broken, confused but not busted up to NOT ask for help. I’m so glad I did. 

One of the immediate benefits that happened for me rather quickly was, so many people came out of the wood work to support me. The unconditional love they had for me and who I was so overwhelming I couldn’t stop crying for two days. I was always willing to show my loyalty and love for others, but never thought I was worthy enough to receive it myself and I was 100% wrong! It was the fuel I needed to get through another day and slowly over time the pain didn’t hurt as much as it did before. 

Part of my personal journey includes being an active member of a 12 Step program. My sobriety date is 05/23/1994 and I haven't found a reason to ever think I could drink again safely. I’ll be 55 years old in Jan of 2026 and have 31 years of continued sobriety. I share this with you because during the last four years of emotional and mental pain, I never considered pouring a whole keg of beer down my throat to relieve the pain. For me, I knew it was a death sentence. 

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