Its Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month !!!
This month lets take some time to focus on something that does get overshadowed quite a bit and forgotten.
Mens mental health gets neglected often because of gender stigmas and societal expectations that are harsh and unforgiving. Many men are raised and taught their thoughts and feelings don't matter, get told to "man up". With this most men have a tendency to not open up or suffer alone with their own pains and burdens, leaving their needs and wants heavily neglected.
Take this month as well as the ones going forward to be there for your loved ones, whether its your father, your husband, your boyfriend or your friends. Sometimes you never know how badly someone is hurting until you offer them a hand.
No matter how small or big, lets stand together to make a positive difference in their lives!
With ALL the love,
LAMBY
We'll be doing a yap session and maybe some Forza 6.
Fun fact: I've never driven a car :3
Be there at 6:30pm EST! (in 3 hours)
LOVE YOU STINKY RATS! 💕🐀
I really hope people take the time to read this whole entire post, males AND females included. HAPPY MANS MENTAL HEALTH MONTH. I really hope this reaches the people it needs to reach. That the people who need to see this little tid bit of a post to keep them moving on in life because I really know how hard it is to keep moving or trucking on, whatever you want to call it or get told to do. So please, X or twitter and algo please share this post and put it into the news feed of men or women who need to see this for men's mental health month. Sometimes it's hard constantly being strong when you wage a war inside your own head. Sometimes we just need a small moment of vulnerability & relatability to keep moving on.
As a vtuber, a male Canadian vtuber, I've always wanted to be a positive mail role model. I don't care that I'm a small creator with almost 150 followers, even if I get anxiety and I know one day I could grow and maybe I will fail or maybe I never pass 200 followers, maybe I never pick up streaming again, or maybe I grow at a slow comfortable pase where no one even knows who I am, I'm okay with that, but I want to prove to the world one simple thing. That male Vtubers can be positive examples.
As a VTuber, a male Canadian VTuber at that. I’ve always wanted to be a positive male role model.
Not the loud kind. Not the “perfect�� kind because in no way shape or form am I perfect. I have melt downs, I have days where I want to do nothing but scream into a pillow, some days I just wanna stair as clouds or my bedroom ceiling.
But I do know I want to be the kind of person who shows up, treats people with kindness, owns his mistakes even if they are large, small, or a size in-between. I just want to try and leave the world a little lighter than I found it.
If my streams, my jokes, or even my little corner of the internet can make someone feel seen, safe, or inspired or laugh and enjoy a brighter day, then that’s the version of “masculinity” I’m proud to represent and support.
I want to show that masculinity can be gentle, supportive, funny, chaotic, soft, loud, caring, strong, and real while also providing that layer of protection, hardness, and protectiveness, the "die by the sword" mentality if someone is in danger.
As a VTuber (yes, a male Canadian one, we exist), I’ve always wanted to be a positive male role model. Not in the “influencer guru I have all the answers” way, but in the “hey, being a dude can mean being kind, supportive, and emotionally present, and not needing to bang anything that breaths” sort of way, while also saying like "hey, as a dude we can make mistakes, but that doesn't mean we're a complete fuck ups, we learn from our mistakes and grow and learn from them".
Being a male Canadian VTuber comes with a weird mix of expectations and stigmas, but honestly I just want to be a positive male role model. Not the “tough guy” stereotype. Not the “emotionless grindset alpha male” stereotype. I want to show that men can be gentle, supportive, creative, goofy, emotional, and still be strong while proving to the world that men and women and be platonically friendly and professional. That’s the version of masculinity I’m proud to stand behind.
I’m not trying to be the loudest guy in the room. I’m not trying to be perfect and I know I'm not perfect. I have made mistakes, and I made many of them. I just want to be the kind of man who can share his experience on how to deal with things, treat others with kindness, own his mistakes even the big ones that scream the loudest and show there's nothing to be embarrassed about it as long as you can accept "hey, I fucked up, own it, learn from it, I need to move on".
Because unlike a lot of guys, I know what it’s like to be lost. I know how it feels to fall apart quietly, to rebuild yourself piece by piece when nobody’s watching. I know what it means to grow from the ground up. I know how it feels to get up and dust your self off with no one applauding you while you ask yourself "Where do I go next".
That’s why I care so deeply about being a positive male role model. From the moment I chose to become a VTuber, I knew it wasn’t just about content. It was about character, becoming someone people look up to, like an older, wiser brother. Because honestly, I have two little sisters and that changed my whole entire life and if it wasn't for their existence, I don't think I'd be a Vtuber right now with the knowledge or wisdom that I have to be honest.
Because there is a quiet kind of strength in rising when no one applauds you. There is courage in healing without witnesses. There is power in forgiving yourself when the world refuses to.
You need to lead with intention, kindness, even when you had every reason to shut down or give up or lose the will to live anymore.
Lead yourself with intention, kindness, and sympathy. That isn’t weakness but proof you’ve leveled past who you used to be. Anyone can swing a sword out of anger. Anyone can break something.
***** But healing something? That takes patience. And that's why you need to be proud of yourself. *****
It takes a different kind of strength to stay gentle while you’re still growing, hurt, misunderstood. Still grinding, still becoming the version of yourself that even your past self wouldn’t recognize or hate, or maybe a past version of your self that wouldn't even understand. That’s real power, the kind that doesn’t shout. The kind that turns you into the person that would of protected your inner child with out needing to make a scene or assert yourself.
You need to lead with intention, with kindness and sympathy. That Isn't weakness but signs you’ve grown past the person you used to be. Anyone can act tough. Anyone can lash out. But choosing gentleness while you’re still living? still healing? still grinding your way into a better version of yourself. That’s real strength, and I'm proud of you. Growth isn’t loud. It’s the quiet moment you realize you’re not who you were, and you’re not done evolving yet.
You are not loud. You are disciplined. You are not heartless. You are focused.
And that is sacred. something that no one will ever understand.
The world celebrates the ones who roars, but it forgets the ones who rebuild in silence, the one who doesn't flinch while keeping a smile on their face. The ones who carry their storms with dignity. The ones who rises not because someone told them to but because something inside them refused to stay on the ground, when they were told they were nothing.
I know what it feels like to be lost. I know the weight of wandering without a map, the ache of trying to rebuild yourself from pieces you’re not even sure fit anymore over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.
But I also know this:
A man who has been lost becomes a lighthouse for others.
A man who was broken, a man who rebuilt himself from nothing but flesh and bone and broken memory and promises, becomes a shelter for others who don't know how to rebuilt.
A man who has walked through darkness learns not to search for the light, but to become it for others. How do demons of your past hunt you when you, yourself, are the beacon that blinds them?
How can your past haunt you when you stop chasing the light and start being it? Demons can’t stalk what outshines them.
How do your demons chase you when you don’t yell, don’t fold, you just turn into the light they were trying to drag you away from?
How do brain rot worms devour your positive thouthts when you don’t flex or flinch, don’t scream you just evolve into the light your younger self needed to survive?
How can your past chase you when you stop running and start becoming the protector you prayed for as a kid, staring down your past down eye to eye until it cowers?
Become the steady flame in a world of storms, winds, disagreements amongst family, friends, and loved ones. He/she does not shine for himself, but by sitting beside others in their shadows so they don’t have to face the night alone.
The greatest light isn’t the one that blinds the world it’s the one that stays with those still learning to see and need warmth, that's what being a "man" truly means.
It doesn't dazzle the world to impress. It simply refuses to leave so that others still finding their vision can become beacons as well.
It's the quiet glow that refuses to leave you in the dark that I respect so much and that I wish I could become as a man. It's what I yearn and want to grow towards.
And maybe that’s what real masculinity is. It's not about being perfect. Instead of being a statistic and giving into my own self hatred, self doubt, wanting to give up, maybe I can become a lesson for other younger males to learn from.
Not the noise. Not the bravado. Not the performance.
But the man who has walked through darkness and chose not to give up, the one who chose to stay for others. Because maybe over the years I learned how to become that source of light, reliability, that vulnerable.
A 15 second window that someone needed to feel human again.
The man who sits beside others in their shadows so they don’t have to face the night alone, or even listen to the silence alone.
Strength isn’t how loudly you shine, how hard you flex, or how much money you have or the materialistic gains you've collected over your life.
It’s in how gently you guide. It's how you hold the hand of others and say "hey, I'm here. You don't need to explain anything. I'll sit in the darkness with you so that it's not so lonely."
And that, to me, is masculinity at its highest form.
Not domination.
Not perfection.
Not being an alpha or beta or sigma, or anything you want to define or cope it as.
Not any fictional armor, biblical armor, or fantasy armor, but just simply accepting the only armor we have is flesh and bone. Being the change we couldn't be for our selves, but the change we can be for others.
You know, maybe, just maybe, it's the man who has survived his own darkness and chooses to become a steady glow for others.
A man who doesn’t run from someone else’s pain. A man who sits with them, quietly, patiently, until they are okay.
Because over my 31 years of life, I've learned that real strength isn’t about being the most physically strong, it's not about being the most intelligent in the room, or having the most money or materialistic gains. Some times strength comes in the form of just sitting with someone and holding them in their own silence while they fight their own demons.
It's about standing for people who want to abandon themselves.
And maybe that’s what being a man is supposed to mean.
It’s about standing for the people who are ready to abandon themselves becoming the anchor they forgot they deserved. The steady presence that refuses to let them disappear into their own darkness or malestrom of who they think they are and not letting them drown in their own emotions of self doubt.
Maybe the definition of being a man means lifting others simply by staying, not by the number of women you sleep with. Not by how loud you are. Not by how much you can bench. Not by pretending you never feel anything. Not by acting like you’re above everyone else.
Real masculinity isn’t built on ego‑metrics. It’s built on presence, intention, kindness, and the strength to show up when it actually matters.
Maybe it means not by shining brightest in the room that others feel small, or making others feel weak or insecure, but being strong enough mentally, emotionally, that you can guide someone lost in the dark.
By being a man who’s walked through his own night and not bragging about the sunrise. He becomes the lantern he never had, becoming the person who would of protected others silently with out mentioning anything, or expecting anything in return.
Became the guardian your younger self needed all along. Become the person you needed, when you needed someone the most.
And be that person for others, men and women a like.
Sincerely, Lyric, your shark boy vtuber. ❤️