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[–] Lustrate@lemm.ee 183 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Sounds like a form of therapy in and of itself.

[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 97 points 10 months ago

Sharing your enjoyment with others. Work you can take pride in. Preserving history. Sounds pretty great for mental health.

[–] blackjam_alex@lemmy.world 50 points 10 months ago (2 children)

And probably cheaper.

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I can guarantee it’s not cheaper

[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 23 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Depends on if you're in America, or a real first world country.

One won't be cheaper, the other has a high likelihood of being cheaper.

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[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 33 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I was gonna say that these men DID go to therapy.

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

That was my thought.

Men got themselves a hobby they enjoy, and gets to share with others. Two amazing things for someones overall mental health. Sounds like someone living the dream.

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[–] Zink@programming.dev 91 points 10 months ago (4 children)

OR, they’ve already been through therapy and found some decent medication, and are keenly aware that personally enjoyable hobbies are an essential part of self care.

Not that I know anything about that.

throws food into back yard koi pond *

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[+] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 68 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

because men are bad, and women are good.

and the only way for men to get good is to spend $1000s of dollars talking to therapists, who are predominantly women.

or maybe... the apparatus of therapy is woman-biased and therefore it negates and legitimatizes men's emotions and their expression. and the positive things men do in the world with their emotions must be shame and ridicule because they should submit to our belief that talk-therapy is the only legitimate form of emotional outlet...

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 17 points 10 months ago (3 children)

You can flip that around and suggest that it's normal and accepted for men to put effort into a hobby as a mental release, and this should be perfectly fine for women as well, but sometimes it's not amd they are in the past seen as weird, abnormal, or hysterical for having interests.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 21 points 10 months ago

But it isn't normal and accepted for men to put effort into a hobby? It is common and clichéd to mock men endlessly for their interests? Like in this very post?

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[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (6 children)

The vast, vast majority of men (in the US, can't speak to other cultures) need therapy. Just getting over internalized phobias is something the entire culture needs. Really, everyone needs therapy at some point and very few have a chance to get it, and fewer take it.

But in regards to this meme: men tend to need therapy more. The patriarchy (what society pushes as male "culture") heavily represses emotional expressions and few men have an outlet to talk to their friends or family about their feelings. This leads to a lot of repressed emotions, lashing out, etc.

[–] Elektrotechnik@feddit.de 43 points 10 months ago (21 children)

These guys are not lashing out, though. There is no discernable connection between somebody taking an interest in trains and avoiding therapy lol

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[–] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Really, everyone needs therapy at some point

What we need is a society and environment that aligns with human nature.
Yes, I'm in therapy and I take meds. But I sure as fuck didn't need any therapy and meds during the 6 months I worked as a hiking and horseback riding guide in a Provincial Park in British Columbia.

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[–] figaro@lemdro.id 57 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As a mental health worker, if a client got involved with something like this, I'd be thrilled. This sounds like it provides purpose and community to all involved. Good for them!

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 56 points 10 months ago (7 children)

That is therapy

[–] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 41 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Doing something you enjoy ✅

Doing something with a community ✅

Doing something different to your normal routine ✅

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (3 children)

therapy is anything you want it to be. there are 100s of styles, varieties, and etc.

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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 50 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

SO FUCKING WHAT?!?!? DO I NEED TO ASK PERMISSION TO HAVE A FUCKING HOBBY, YOUR MAJESTY??? JESUS CHRIST!!! (smashing noises and incoherent yelling from garage)

[–] gazter@aussie.zone 38 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like somebody needs to go restore a train...

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 23 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Men will literally pay someone to have a conversation about their feelings instead of restoring a train.

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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 43 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

People will bitch about anything someone else does that is therapeutic for them.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Learning to not do this was an important part of my mental health journey. I’ve come to realize I was raised by some very negative people. Very nice people that I see regularly, but always looking for something to complain about rather than something to appreciate.

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[+] orcrist@lemm.ee 34 points 10 months ago

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[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 31 points 10 months ago

Having a hobby and being part of a community is a very constructive, helpful, and effective way of beating back the isolation and despair that is killing so many young people.

[+] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 10 months ago (8 children)

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, they can't hear you over all the CHOOO CHOOOO MOTHERFUCKEEEEEERRRR!!!

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[–] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 26 points 10 months ago

Who says instead? Seems like people with their heads on right

[–] halferect@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

I think that's pretty cool, seems like a net positive for everyone, guy loves trains..guy fixes train...shares passion with community...more people love train. He wins, train wins, community wins.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No one wants to work, which is clearly a human trait despite the fact we do work like this constantly, across the board, for fun

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What a weird fuckin take

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Yeah, like you could say the exact same thing about gardening or painting or knitting. Taking up a hobby and learning how to do something can be really relaxing and beneficial to your mental health. Gender has nothing to do with it.

[–] Norgur@kbin.social 22 points 10 months ago

They dodge depression by doing something that brings joy to their hearts instead of constantly complaining about how depressed they are and how therapy is essential for everyone these days? How dare they!

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (12 children)

It is what it is

[–] RampageDon@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Is this a reference from another post today?

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[–] account_93@lemm.ee 17 points 10 months ago

It also preserves History.

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 16 points 10 months ago (10 children)

You know what is better than crying and taking mind altering drugs? Not needing either.

I know this is a joke post (at least I really hope it is) but why are some women so against men being happy? Like they want do to everything in their power to take away "guy stuff" it's not enough that they don't have to go. But the fact they don't like it means that no one else should and men are wrong because they do something women don't.

I strongly believe that men's mental health is positively impacted by male groups. But women don't want men to have male groups. Women can obviously! That goes without saying. But men. No, not allowed they should be ashamed of themselves.

I think it's a really issue in society and you never ever hear women criticise women's role in negatively impacting men. But somehow I bet this is all the patriarchy's fault

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[–] QuantumStorm@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

I make off decently with how much my company pays for insurance. Would I rather have full universal health care though? You bet your ass

[–] TheControlled@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This format seems to always frame therapy as shitty, and the other thing as actually really cool, if complicated.

I doubt it's intentional, but seems anti men's mental health. And honestly, that situation is so fucked up beyond measure, that micro-aggressions like this meme format is really hurting the cause. My two cents.

Funny meme though.

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[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Everyone who does thing different from me literally has the emotional maturity of a toddler.

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[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm not following. Why is it being assumed this is to avoid therapy, and not just people doing an activity for fun?

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[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

It's a meme, guys.

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