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    Trainingsgruppe gibt Männern das Gefühl der Zugehörigkeit


    Trainingsgruppe gibt Männern das Gefühl der Zugehörigkeit

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cze32gy4p0ko

    Von Tartan_Samurai

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    1. BlackSpinedPlinketto on

      It’s nice to be in a group of people who are relatively similar to you. You don’t have to turn it into a reaction against another group.

      You read similar stories to this like the ‘black lady walkers’ for example, claiming that they only exist because the countryside apparently hates black women. Just have a nice time together, there’s no need for the rest.

    2. the_blacksmith_no8 on

      Personally I only really find a sense of belonging and purpose in my rugby team.

      I do with my family as well ofc but your talking about a much narrower group.

      I think a lot of this “mens loneliness” stuff comes from young men not participating in team sports and similar stuff like they used to.

      There is a massive problem with rugby for example with teams struggling for players, the culture around young men has changed, working in groups of blokes on building sites that all go to the pub together is not the standard anymore.

      I’ve lost count of the times we have someone down to play on Saturday then they’ll message the group chat thay they can’t because their Mrs wants to go shopping or whatever… which is fine it’s not a bad thing to choose to spend more time with your partners but it’s sad it has to come ag the expense of a group hobby.

      Not to even mention the fact the bar is normally empty by about 8 o clock whereas 20 years ago it was just standard you’d all stay and get pissed together.

    3. Blazured on

      >The group helps men aged 18 and above “achieve the 3 F’s” – fitness, fellowship and faith.

      The 3rd F is sadly detrimental to things like this.

    4. Virtual-Guitar-9814 on

      yeah its called the army and thats what we will allbe doing next week.

    5. _Spiggles_ on

      A group of men doing things they have in common together, especially physical things are very good for mental health.

    6. sausagedog90 on

      There’s one of these in a village near me and everyone is so supportive of it (even on Facebook, when was the last time you saw people being supportive on fucking Facebook!)

      Fantastic space for the blokes to open up in an environment they feel safe to talk in. Not enough places for us to do that.

    7. Tomirk on

      Holy shit, it’s almost like local communities are good for this kind of thing. The idea of detaching yourself from those around you and being more reliant on the state is really a bad idea for this reason, among others

    8. Thetwitchingvoid on

      Not surprising for those of us who are aware about the tribal mentality of humans and how important having a tribe is.

      Which is why those who are especially vulnerable fall into extremism.

    9. Southyy on

      Took up kickboxing 2.5-3 years ago. Never felt better mentally & physically, the comraderie is next level

    10. FuzzBuket on

      Who thought that having an in-person hobby that’s not just TV or pub is really good for people’s mental health.

      Honestly it’s the worst thing of the UK, is that the majority of folk don’t really have hobbies where they have their own agency.  Mental health issues are obvs not as trivial as “just have a hobby” but obvs hobbies fight isolation, which is a huge contribution to poor mental health. 

    11. Quirkstar11 on

      My tabletop RPG club has been a huge part of my whole adult life, and has given me a much greater social life than I would have otherwise. That’s the beauty of TTRPG, sit down with strangers to play a campaign, and an hour later you’re killing goblins like old friends. It truly bonds people.

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