Men’s Mental Health

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I’m admittedly new to running a community anywhere online, but saw a need so I’m trying to fill it and help where I can. I’ve had plenty of my own issues over the years and am hoping for a safe space where men can discuss their own brands of issues. For now we’re gonna run by the Bartender Rule & few other rules stolen shamelessly from [email protected] :

Together, we make this community great. Thank you for being here. Please actively participate in the discussions. Please show respect and empathy when replying to posts.

The rules for posting and commenting, besides the rules defined here for lemmy.world, are as follows:

Rules

1-Posts promoting paid products and services of any kind are not allowed here.

2-All our content must be helpful and appropriate. Do not put vulnerable people at risk and mind the way you approach when need be.

3-Do not DM any of our members unless they specifically request it. Likewise, if a person from here disturbs you, you are encouraged to report them to us(with evidence) and block them. They will be banned instantly.

4-Posts about suicide and/or dying are not allowed here. Your content may trigger others & put them at risk, and we do NOT want that to happen.

5-Don’t be a dick

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New forum, all constructive comments welcome (self.mensmentalhealth)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by tbblake to c/mensmentalhealth

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Welcome to !mensmentalhealth. I’m very new to managing an online community so bear with me. I saw a need and having dealt with my own issues, as well as many saying they wished such an area existed in Lemmy, I thought I’d get this going.

Check out the sidebar for the rules. For now they’re ripped mostly from other areas I’ve seen online. I’m happy to keep things going but may enlist / ask for help should that need arise. I’m also acutely aware of the sensitive nature of these sorts of discussions. So while “don’t be a dick” is rule #5 it’s most certainly at the forefront of my mind.

As the title states, all constructive comments are welcome. Have at it and I hope this helps out anyone who may need it.

Disclaimer: I’m nowhere near a mental health professional, just a random guy on the internet. My expertise is very techy so I won’t even pretend to give any medical advice. At best you’ll get tidbits on personal experience. I hope that folks with real & useful things to say will poke their heads in here to speak from time to time.

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[–] milkjug 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks for creating this community and hope that it becomes a thriving safe-space. Better awareness and management of our mental health concerns and issues are always welcome in my book.

[–] Crackhappy 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks! I will definitely be active here.

[–] WhoRoger 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Added this comm to the list at [email protected]. If you have some interesting discussion topic, you can cross post there too.

[–] tbblake 2 points 1 year ago

Great thank you!

[–] Huxleywaswrite 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This seems like a good idea, but you should keep an eye out for the guys from the "men" community on lemmy.world. they used to belong to leftwingmaleadvocates on reddit and they are toxic as fuck. Hope you can keep this place positive.

[–] tbblake 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Definitely keeping an eye out. Rule #5 is intentionally vague and leaves the definition up to mods discretion.

[–] Huxleywaswrite 0 points 1 year ago

Hopefully your mods act in better faith than theirs