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Our country is steeped in a quiet mental health crisis: the suicide rate for men is much higher than it is for women, having risen nearly 50% between 1999 and 2010, and men tend not to seek help for depression, due to the cultural stigma associated with mental illness.

It's no wonder, then, that many of these men, not knowing where else to turn, discuss their most intimate secrets with sex workers: their relationship struggles, their insecurities about their bodies, the kinks that they are embarrassed to share with their partners. That's why sex workers have a unique window into men's mental health issues: they share things with us that they would not share with anyone else.

"I consider myself an empath, and I think this is why people talk to me," Trait told MensHealth.com. "But it is a heavy emotional load."

She told MensHealth.com that while she sees clients from all walks of life, many of them have been men on the autism spectrum, and as a result experience loneliness and isolation.

At the end of the day, Rose says, all of her clients, regardless of whether they're on the spectrum or not, just want one thing: "men want to be understood and accepted," she says. "Perhaps it's a way [for them] to understand and accept themselves.”

For this reason, Swimme saw her work in part as a gateway for men to get in touch with their authentic feelings. But dealing with her clients' emotional needs became taxing.

Her work with such clients took an emotional toll on her: "I had to get my own therapy so that I could be more whole in these moments," says Swimme.