Do men or women handle stress better?

Question

Men and women deal with emotions differently, right?.. So, who do you think could deal with stress easier, a male or female and why?

Answer 1

ALTHOUGH it is often classed as 'mental illness', clinical depression often has as many physical symptoms as mental. The feelings or emotions that are depression symptoms actually begin to cause the physical effects. How this happens is a vital part of understanding depression and the symptoms that come with it.

If you are depressed at the moment some of the following symptoms may sound familiar:


You feel miserable and sad.
You feel exhausted a lot of the time with no energy .
You feel as if even the smallest tasks are sometimes impossible.
You seldom enjoy the things that you used to enjoy-you may be off sex or food or may 'comfort eat' to excess.
You feel very anxious sometimes.

You don't want to see people or are scared to be left alone. Social activity may feel hard or impossible.

You find it difficult to think clearly.

You feel like a failure and/or feel guilty a lot of the time.

You feel a burden to others.

You sometimes feel that life isn't worth living.

You can see no future. There is a loss of hope. You feel all you've ever done is make mistakes and that's all that you ever will do.
You feel irritable or angry more than usual.

You feel you have no confidence.

You spend a lot of time thinking about what has gone wrong, what will go wrong or what is wrong about yourself as a person. You may also feel guilty sometimes about being critical of others (or even thinking critically about them).
You feel that life is unfair.

You have difficulty sleeping or wake up very early in the morning and can't sleep again. You seem to dream all night long and sometimes have disturbing dreams.

You feel that life has/is 'passing you by.'

You may have physical aches and pains which appear to have no physical cause, such as back pain.

It's this wealth of depression symptoms, and the broad scope that confuses many people as to what depression actually is. Explanations rarely cover all the symptoms, and everybody's experience is different.

Answer 2

Men in general, but we have women in the workforce in high levels and are dealing with the same set of stressful things that was generally in the domain of men.

Women tend to show emotions and are stronger when certain stresses come up, now days more women are working and being mom and (wife, if that is the case).

Depends on if a person is an A or C personality will say on what stresses can be handled or if the person will just let things go.

These days most will say men but women are close behind.

Answer 3

This reminds me of a book titled: "Men are like waffles, women are like spaghetti". In the book, men are said to be compartmentalized, meaning they can only do things one at a time. This is probably since they are naturally governed by logic. This is the reason why they get confused when asked to do multiple stuff. While women are complicated, and tend to rely on emotions and gut feel. An example is they can do multi-tasking i.e, cook dinner while watching TV while helping her kids do homework. Based on these illustrations, I can say that men are better when it comes to decision- making related stress because they handle things "the rational way". While women, can handle the rest of the other sources of stress because they can do things all at the same time, and if things do not turn out as planned, women find support from their other "girl friends". They spill out their emotions and then everything will be fine. Men on the other hand, seem to be more "in control" but they tend to hide their emotions, as a result, this builds up and may lead to further stress. Conclusion: In general, women handle stress better. But if you are a male, have friends and you are open with them, then you'll get by.

Answer 4

That very much depends on the person not the gender.
I was a female gunner in Iraq and watch both men and women freak out and loose there S#!+. I saw more men break then i did women. I factor that to be because women are only 13% of the army.
I have seen the bravest me break and the scardest wemon fight and vicversa.
It just depends on what is them.

Answer 5

Each individual handles stress differently and does not have anything to do with gender although clinical studies and research show various figures only because they have tested a small percentage of the population

Answer 6

I do not believe one sex manages stress better than the other, though situations may lend itself to one sex being better prepared than the other.

In general, both sexes suffer when stress becomes more than he or she can manage. Both sexes breakdown physically, isolate them selves and both hold the potential for self destructive behaviors such as drinking, smoking and risk taking activities.

I think stress management is more about the individual and their support system than about sex of person experiencing it.

Bottom line is stress is perspective: the more value one puts on things they have little or no control of, the greater the potential for disappointment; the more one allows others to dick with their minds, the greater the potential to be abused.

Answer 7

Men do, because they are able to move on easier from a stressful situation. But I believe it has alot to do with your personality type. A high d type personality, being more outgoing and task oriented, would be more driven to succeed and therefore be more prone to stress than a high s type, who is more laid back and people oriented.

Answer 8

I have read in a psychology book that women deal with stress easier than man.....

Answer 9

Men do. They don't seem to worry as much as females. At least in my house they don't. I worry all night long and don't sleep, then I get a headache and am a witch. He, on the other hand, is just as calm as can be. Could be the drugs....LOL!!!

Answer 10

The sexes use different coping strategies. Women tend to live longer so I'm guessing they are a bit more resilient. C. :)!!