‘Don’t man up….
Instead
‘…talk, cry, scream’
This is so important & very poignant from @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social on men taking their ow lives
Instead
‘…talk, cry, scream’
This is so important & very poignant from @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social on men taking their ow lives
Comments
I cannot get behind this message enough. Men need to “man up” by opening up. The strongest thing you can do is ask for help
Why would anyone take issue with that?
I don’t know if you read more than her picture, but that is the opposite of how I understood her words.
Rather than criticising individuals, it’s society that she’s saying can/must do better. For the sake of the men in it.
The pain never goes away.
I feel that American ideals of masculinity were different not too long ago.
If we're going to do that, women like solutions, too.
There is also interesting insight from The Samaritans here https://media.samaritans.org/documents/Men-and-Suicide-Report-Samaritans.pdf
He was a bit flummoxed and as he turned away the woman next to me turned to me and said, “Wasn’t that a bit gay?”
Nobody wants to listen
But me too. I have the weirdest etc
https://mankindprojectuki.org/
I am involved in the US group, and part of the mission is to break down those things that keep us from our emotions, and each other.
I don't know how the group is perceived there; I do know it has helped me here