I don’t know anything about your life or situation so please take this with a massive grain of salt.

Your grandpa may be a victim of a time when men were absolutely not allowed to have mental health struggles.

Seriously, I know some of us can’t even fathom that, but it simply wasn’t allowed.

There was no understanding, there was no conversation, and if you attempted to discuss the subject you would be met with very abrasive and inaccurate advice that is the equivalent of “suck it up” or “anxiety and depression are made up” as I am sure you have seen a lot of this still exists today.

I know this isn’t advice on how to repair or improve the relationship, but it might give you some small insight as to why he may be reacting this way. We may not be able to fix the older generations (not that we should give up), but if we keep normalizing talking about our struggles maybe the next generation will be healthier than us. It’s a small move, but in my life so far I feel like I have seen changes I never would have thought possible in adult men mental health.

Source: not a grandpa, but I make a lot of noise when I stand up from a comfortable chair.

Ope

Hold the E. coli

I just had an involuntary flashback of a host at a restaurant asking if we would like smoking or non smoking. It didn’t really matter since the whole place smelled like smoke…

Show me how you reboot the PC.

*User turns off monitor