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There's a spectrum to these things. I imagine that there's a small number of folks who want to sign up for a Slack or Discord with a name like: "Hey fellow men,
by michaelbuckbee 5y ago
There's a spectrum to these things. I imagine that there's a small number of folks who want to sign up for a Slack or Discord with a name like: "Hey fellow men, come talk mental health issues." but I'm in some communities around tech/entrepreneurship where we've formed real friendships and can talk about things like grieving for loved ones, dealing with pandemic induced stress, ADHD, burnout, parenting, elder care etc.
It's not the focus, but having that "space" to vent and to talk honestly with other folks going through the same sorts of things is a benefit to all of us.
I think a lot of this is just friendship. Societally, men are reporting having fewer and fewer people in their lives to talk over important issues with [1] which definitely seems like a problem.
1 - https://www.jstor.org/stable/30038995 https://www.jstor.org/stable/30038995