Are men the secret pioneers of mental health? Talking with Travis from @AnotherNobodyTM

We often see men as luddites of mental wellness, but might they actually be pioneers of an entirely new type of ‘therapy’? @AnotherNobodyTM

I am tired of seeing men being mocked for having awesome, idiosyncratic hobbies. Men who restore trains, go fishing, re-enact historic battles, sing sea shanties, trudge up mountains, or dive into frozen lakes... “Men would rather [insert hobby] than go to therapy”, the cynics will say. But have they ever stopped to ask if, to these men, such things are therapy? Is hiking a mountain therapy? Is building a trebuchet therapy? Is going to the gym therapy? Is enacting the Battle of Agincourt therapy? I think it is. So why are we holding onto antiquated, clinical and largely female-centric models of ‘therapy’, and mocking men who choose a different route, for their own needs? If anything, these men dressed in suits of armour swinging swords in the rain, climbing Kilimanjaro with their mates, singing Wellerman, or plunging into ice cold lakes, are the innovators of novel therapeutic models, who we should not smugly insult, but learn from, admire, and follow. So to these men – who bravely pursue such hobbies, and who gain tremendous mental health benefits as a result – I salute you as pioneers, ahead of your time, and I will happily join your next great battle... Thank you for showing us the way. So, what is 'therapy' to you? ~ Talking with @AnotherNobodyTM, full podcast here youtube.com/watch?v=tNOdFZhx… Footage by A Miscellany of Marvel, Muddy Lake Engineering, Poodlepaw and Clément Proust Music Pewds Wave, PewDiePie background music, Grunt Wave

Is "men can talk" enough to turn the tide on the #malesuicide epidemic? Discussing where our approach to male suicide falls down, with @AnotherNobodyTM Full podcast youtu.be/tNOdFZhx90g?si=vnQE… Footage by CottonBro Studio, Altaf Shah, Charles Parker, Volkan Yilmaz, Jacob Kpehe, and Mart Produciton.