More than half of us wouldn’t always answer honestly if a friend or family member asked if they were feeling down, according to a new study by national suicide prevention charity If U Care Share. The survey of 1,000 UK adults found that almost a quarter of people in the UK would not tell the truth if a friend or family member asked if they were feeling down, while an additional 30 percent said they would only answer honestly sometimes.
Women aged 25 – 34 were most likely to keep how they were feeling on the inside with 30 percent of those surveyed saying that they would not say how they were really feeling to friends and family and an additional 33 percent revealing that they would only open up ‘sometimes’.
Young men aged 18 – 24 were also unlikely to say how they were really feeling with 27 percent saying they would not tell anyone, and a huge 30 percent answering only ‘sometimes.
