Men Entrepreneurs Lockdown Impact: Six Years On, The Hidden Toll

Is it normal to still feel affected by lockdown years later?

The lockdown impact on men entrepreneurs is still playing out six years later, and almost none of them have spoken honestly about it. They got through it. They kept the business running, or they rebuilt it. They held the household together. They dealt with whatever came and then they got back to getting on with things.

Getting on with things is what capable men do. It is also how a lot of capable men end up carrying things they never properly processed.

What the Pandemic Did to Men Entrepreneurs Lockdown Impact That Nobody Talks About

For a lot of men, lockdown stripped away the structures that had been keeping them functional. The commute that gave them a transition. The office that gave them separation. The social contact that was providing connection they did not know they needed until it was gone.

Some men discovered things about their relationship that the busyness had been keeping at a comfortable distance. Some just ground through it and emerged on the other side more depleted than they went in, without a clear explanation for why.

What Stayed

Six years on, a lot of what got stirred up in that period is still sitting unaddressed. The anxiety that spiked during uncertainty and never quite went back to baseline. Most men did not get the space to process any of it.

If something in you has felt different since that period, you are not imagining it. And it is not something you just have to live with.

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Take the five minute self assessment at https://www.rewiredformen.com/when-did-you-last-check-in-with-yourself and find out what is actually running the show.

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Written by Joel White, founder of Rewired for Men and qualified counsellor specialising in men's mental health