The numbers are hard to ignore. In the United States, men account for nearly 80% of all suicides, yet according to SAMHSA's 2025 report, only 17% of men received mental health treatment or counseling in 2024 — compared to more than 28% of women. That gap isn't explained by men being healthier. It's explained by men staying silent. In North Carolina, the picture is just as stark. More than 1 in 5 adults in North Carolina experienced mental illness in the past year — yet 97 of