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1 · What you say2 · What you do about it

Man, my mind….

When your head's a mess, and you're telling everyone you're fine.man (verb) to look after something and keep it running, like manning a station. Your mind included.

Man my mind. Two meanings.

1

Man, my mind…

What you say when your head's a mess.

The worry, the 3am spirals, the "I'm fine" when you're not.

2

Man my mind.

man (verb): to look after and keep running.

What you do about it. Not “man up”, the opposite: be there for your mind, like you'd man a station.

For the blokes who say they're fine.

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Steve, founder of ManMyMind
My story

"I'm fine."

Steve, 49. Founder of ManMyMind.

I've said it thousands of times. Most of the time I even looked it. But since I was ten I'd been trying to keep everything under control, and when life threw things at me I couldn't control, I kept it all inside.

My mates have moved away or they're busy with their own families. And you can have a family around you and still find it really hard to talk to them. You don't want to worry them, and you're meant to be the one holding it all together.

If that sounds familiar, you're in the right place.

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