‘Broverwatch’ is a group of guys who get together to play games and talk about their feelings

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At three o’clock every Sunday afternoon, a group of four British lads get together to play video games. This might sound like a pretty standard Sunday, but these chaps congregate so they can talk about their mental health, their feelings, and, well, how crap they are at video games. 

They call themselves “Broverwatch.” (And, yeah, they really love playing Overwatch.)

Don’t let the project’s name fool you: Broverwatch couldn’t be further from the bro-y, alpha male get-together you might be imagining. Social media producer Duncan Vicat-Brown—one of the four “bros”—says the project started up because “men don’t talk about their feelings enough.”  Read more…

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This writer’s emotional post about depression is actually incredibly uplifting

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Anyone with any experience of mental illness will know that it’s not always easy to articulate the way you feel.

It can be difficult to communicate with others, and even more difficult — when you’re in the midst of a depressive episode — to imagine coming out the other side.

But writer Craig Stone has done both of those things.

On Sunday morning, he shared an image of his son taken on the banks of London’s River Thames, alongside an uplifting message about depression.

See that bench. 8yrs ago I sat on it thinking about throwing myself off Blackfriars Bridge. Today, I took this pic of my son. Tomorrow might be the same. But it might also be brighter. It might even bring unimaginable brilliance. Hang in there. Love is always coming#depression pic.twitter.com/91mYk9hvEo

— Craig Stone (@craigstone_) November 19, 2017 Read more…

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