CampaignBreak the stigma
Men can be victims.
Sexual and intimate partner violence against men is common, underreported, and too often met with disbelief.
Male survivor hub
Men canbe survivors.
Men experience trauma, grief, abuse and loss in every country. Most were taught to carry it quietly. This is where that stops.
Everything here
A living wall.
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I don't know if what happened counts.
You do not need a name for it. Answer a few questions, and nothing is stored.
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CourseOpen now
Why you do it this way
Why you have been fixing things, working, and sorting rather than talking. Why that is a recognized pattern, not a failure, and what it does well and badly.
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LibraryExplainer
What trauma actually means
Not a word for weak people. A word for what happens when something overwhelms what a person can take in.
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PodcastComing soon
The Lighthouse Is On
A Griefyard Works podcast. Long conversations about the things men were taught not to say. Coming soon.
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LibraryField note
When it happened years ago and still feels close
Time does not always put distance between you and what happened. Why, and what can help.
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StoryShare yours
Stories from the water.
Told in writing, on a call, or on the podcast. Nothing is published until you approve the final version, and you can withdraw it at any time.
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CourseBeing written
Anger, and what is under it
Why it comes out as rage and shortness rather than sadness. How to tell ordinary irritability from something that needs a doctor, and what to say when you call.
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LibraryPractical guide
You do not have to tell the whole story to get help
Getting support does not require reliving what happened. What you can say instead.
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CampaignBreak the stigma
Men don't have to disappear.
Withdrawal, overwork, anger and numbness are how pain often shows up in men. Disappearing is not the same as coping.
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Help where I live.
Crisis lines and services, country by country. We never detect your location.
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CourseOpen now
For the men around him
For a friend, brother, son, or colleague of a man who is going through it. What to say, what not to, how to offer something concrete, and how to tell when it has become medical.
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LibraryField note
Numb is not the same as fine
Feeling nothing can be a sign you are carrying a lot. How to tell the difference.
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LibraryExplainer
Anger after trauma
When you are short with everyone and do not know why. Where anger often comes from, and what to do with it.
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CourseBeing written
After the relationship
Rebuilding after a relationship ends, including one that was controlling or unsafe. Practical, honest, and written for men as well as everyone else.
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LibraryExplainer
Shame is not the same as guilt
Guilt says I did something bad. Shame says I am bad. Why the difference matters after trauma.
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CampaignBreak the stigma
Men can talk about sexual assault.
It happens to men and boys. It is never deserved, and physical arousal is not consent.
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LibraryExplainer
Freezing was not a choice
Why so many people could not move, shout or fight back, and why that was the body protecting you.
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LibraryHeavy subject
Drinking to get through it
When alcohol or something else becomes the way to switch off. A plain look at what is happening.
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LibraryPractical guide
What a trauma informed service should feel like
How to tell whether a service will treat you well.
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CampaignBreak the stigma
Men can leave.
Abuse from a partner is not limited by gender or orientation. Neither is the right to be safe.
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LibraryHeavy subject
Trauma in childhood, felt as an adult
What happened when you were young can shape how you live now. Some of the ways, and what helps.
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LibraryHeavy subject
Trauma after military, police or emergency work
When the job exposes you to things most people never see.
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LibraryExplainer
Grief does not follow stages
Why the idea of neat stages leaves so many people feeling they are doing it wrong.
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LibraryExplainer
Grieving by doing
If you are fixing, working and sorting instead of talking, that is a recognised way to grieve.
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LibraryExplainer
Grief and anger
Being furious at the person who died, at doctors, at God, at everyone. Why it happens.
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LibraryField note
Losing a parent as an adult
When you become the older generation, and people expect you to cope.
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LibraryField note
Grief in a family that does not talk about feelings
When everyone is hurting and nobody says so.
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LibraryExplainer
When you shut down in arguments
Going silent, walking away, feeling nothing. Why it happens and what helps.
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LibraryPractical guide
Fathers and their children after separation
Staying close to your kids when the family changes.
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LibraryScript
Telling a partner about your past
Whether, when and how to share what happened to you.
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LibraryField note
Friendship for men
Why many men have fewer close friends than they want, and how to change it.
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LibraryField note
Relationships after prison or service
Reconnecting with a partner and family after long time apart.
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LibraryExplainer
Men experience domestic abuse too
Why it happens, why it is hidden, and why it is not your fault.
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LibraryField note
When you are accused of being the abuser
False accusations as a tactic, and what to do.
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LibraryField note
If you are worried about your own behaviour
When you are the one causing harm, and want to change.
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LibraryExplainer
Depression in men often looks like something else
Anger, overwork, drinking and numbness can all be signs.
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LibraryScript
How to talk to a doctor about your mental health
What to say when you have ten minutes and do not know where to start.
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LibraryHeavy subject
If you are thinking about suicide
Please read this. You do not have to act on these thoughts.
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LibraryPractical guide
Starting therapy: what to expect
First sessions, how it works, and how to know if it is right.
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LibraryPractical guide
Helping a friend with their mental health
What to say and how to stay connected.
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LibraryChecklist
The first thirty days of starting over
A gentle plan for when everything has changed.
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LibraryField note
Rebuilding when your identity was your job
When work ends and you do not know who you are.
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LibraryPractical guide
Yes, men can be sexually assaulted
The myths male survivors hear most, and what is actually true.
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LibraryPractical guide
When the abuse comes from a partner and you are a man
Coercive control, violence and threats do not care about gender. What it can look like, and what to do.
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LibraryField note
I don't know if what happened counts
You do not need a name for it before you are allowed to take it seriously.
