Andys Man Club
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The Safe Space That Can Push People Closer to the Edge
We’re told that social media can bring people together. That it connects the lonely, offers comfort, builds communities. And in some corners, maybe it does. But in others, it becomes something darker, a factory of false hope. The Illusion of Safety in ‘The Safe Space’ I joined a group called The Safe Space. A Facebook community…
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Why I Don’t Watch Porn and Feel Fine About It
Around 80 percent of men consume online pornography. I haven’t looked at it in decades – not from moral outrage, not from purity, just because somewhere along the way it stopped meaning anything. This is a personal account of what that position actually feels like, what it costs, and why awareness changes more than just…
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I Finally Went to Andy’s Man Club. Here’s What Happened.
I’d been putting it off. For a while, actually. Longer than I’d like to admit. Jason had been messaging me for weeks. He’d spotted me asking questions in the Andy’s Man Club Facebook groups and kindly offered to take me along. No pressure. Just a genuine offer from a bloke I’d never met. And still,…
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When a Mental Health Space Said I Was Too Much
A few years ago, around 2017 or 2018, I was deep involved in mental health support. With help from my wife I’d built a mental health chat group online, dozens of members, people posting at all hours because that’s what people in crisis do. No 9-to-5, no “back in the morning.” I was also running…