#men's mental health month

[thepromiscuousfinger]

[starryqueen-18]

Men's Mental Health Month!!!

Did you guys know that June is also Men's Mental Health Month?, we must spread awareness, and help the males with their struggles!

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Charles and Henry - Henry Stickmin collection

Jesse - Minecraft Story Mode

Espresso Cookie - Cookie Run Kingdom

Captain Barnacles - Octonauts

King Olly - Paper Mario Origami King

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[sanders-sides88]

Roman: As a gay man in June, I'm having a great time.

[pawsthatcausechaos]

Happy pride and men's mental health month!! You are valid no matter who you are or what you went through!!! I hope you find the support you need!!!!

[yourlocalstilinski-valdez]

Happy men's mental health month

Take care of yourself guys, put your happiness and mental health first 🤍

[kaylarcreates]

Just because you're a man doesn't mean your mental health is any less valid. 🥰

Happy Men's Mental Health Month!

(and yes those are their handwriting for the books :] )

[usagi-zakura]

Hey did ya'll know that its Men's Mental Health month?

See how easy it is to let people know that without bitching about another group that's also celebrating this month? (A group that also include a lot of men...with or without varying mental obstacles.)

Love is love. We can do both.

Be good to yourself, no matter your gender or orientation. Don't listen to the people who say its not manly to get help, whether its from a medical doctor or a therapist. Don't listen to the people who say its not manly to feel emotions. Real men have emotions. Real men can get hurt.

Real men don't need to prove they're real men by doing dangerous things or encouraging toxic behavior.

[vanduck]

Happy Pride and Men's Mental Health Month :D

Idk got an artblock rn sorry 😭🙏

[crusaderguy]

Godzilla has committed many crimes, mostly acts of violence and he prefers to call it vigilante justice, however his favorite crime is tax fraud.

A special Anguirus bonus:

[mamascout]

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH EVERYONE!!!! I hope you all have a lovely month and share your joy with everyone, also the Mod wanted me to remind you it's also Men's mental health month. For the men who are out there struggling, please remember you are loved and you always have someone around to listen. You are not alone.

[bug-eyed-monster]

happy men's mental health month

may I feel good enough some day

may I no longer believe I'm inherently wrong and evil

may I find support that holds on to me even after hearing my ugliest thoughts

may I allow myself to be a man, with all that it entails, without shame or guilt

may I no longer tolerate their mistreatment of me

may I be believed and listened to

may I be my best self

[vodrae]

Happy men's mental health month, I love yall my bros, take care

[scifriskyxy]

[leam1983]

Halfway Through Pride Month

Happy Ongoing Pride!

And, also, happy Men's Mental Health Awareness Month, too - but that tends to be rather overshadowed. As a bisexual man who's needed about half a year in therapy to get out of a post-postgrad funk, both causes are equally important to me.

Hug the important men in your life, be they gay, straight, bi, poly, transmen - whatever and however. Hug them. So much is expected of men, so many have a laundry list of the things they'd like the men in their lives to do - but so few understand just how toxic life tends to be for us, as well.

We need to be strong, to be expressive, to be self-confident - but we can't show weakness. We can't let a pacifist's outlook turn us into weaklings, according to some. We have to provide, protect, dominate, survey - and still manage to come out of it whole and hale enough to be emotionally available and vulnerable in just the right measures to be that "sensitive" man so many people idolize.

It's a paradox, obviously. The ideal man has the psychological consistency of oobleck - mushy at the right times, stern at others - both assertive and punchy and always, always gentle. It doesn't make much sense, obviously.

The human mind isn't a Non-Newtonian fluid; it's built through knowledge and conditioning. We're not goo, we're basalt pillars, with layers constantly falling apart and revealing more underneath; until you reach the point where there's not enough mass left for the pillar to sustain its own weight.

Unlike basalt pillars, though, we tend to be able to build ourselves back up before we collapse, with some help.

Help that not all of us receive. Or not in time.

Remember, guys have years of conditioning plastered onto them, cues that make us think that showing weakness is a burden. Even if you find that one guy you want to help, chances are he's going to try and brush you off. Not because he feels the need to look tough, but because it's how we've been taught to show that we care.

For most guys, caring manifests through self-effacing, and tears are an act of presence. So, no tears. The uncried tears fester, turn into not-so-kind words. Into ruined relationships, or maybe even broken lives. Or if you're luckier, the uncried stuff turns into bad habits, unhealthy coping mechanisms, blood pressure pills at an early age, an expanding waistline - the list goes on.

So cut through the bullshit. Find that guy who needs help and let them know they at least have a choice, as far as you're concerned.

From where I'm standing, looking at one of my two partners who's had to undergo therapy to finally bury demons from his past and find the courage to live freely, crying your guts out like you're six years old again and dribbling snot all over your partner's favourite tee-shirt is, in today's society, the single simplest and most effective proof of courage any man can display.

Empathy is strength. Self-care is self-empathy. You do the math.

Let yourselves feel - and remember to help others.

[ioniczach]

Happy Pride and Men's Mental Health Month!

As a Neuroatypical Bi/Pan guy, I feel a special connection to this month XD