Actor, fashion model, and athlete Kyle “Kiki” Fragnoli discussed the importance of mental health as part of “Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month,” which coincides with June. On the significance of mental health, Fragnoli remarked, “A strong mind can last a lifetime, so too can a weak one. So, I would rather live a full life than a life half-full.
” “There will never be a day you live problem free, because if that day ever comes, you seize to live,” he acknowledged. Frangoli wants to share the following message for people who are struggling with their mental health. “I want people to know that they are not alone, and that pain is temporary.
Things get easier. Don’t give up. Keep loving and keep living,” he said.
For men dealing with mental health issues, he underscored the need to “communicate.” “Sharing your feelings with others allows for new perspectives, beliefs, and understandings that you are not alone,” he said. “Traditional stigma in men’s health, I find, stems from this perceived notion that men can’t show emotion or don’t need mental or emotional support; however, men lead the charts in overdoses, suicides, prison sentences, and education dropouts,” he elaborated.
Fragnoli revealed some of the ways that have helped him for his own mental health. “Exercise and self-reflection. Exercise, first, to put some distance between me and my mental state.
Self-reflection second to have a greater understanding of why I am feeling the wa.
