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Why every "I’m fine" is a sentence with two meanings.
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Five chapters. Two years. A real story.
ADHARSHILA
Our first project · 2025
Chapter one
Adharshila gave us our first real room. Over six months we showed up — first to listen, then to help, then to lead. It’s where MannMatters stopped being a sentence we’d written down and started being a thing other people walked into.
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By month six we weren’t observers anymore.
Chapter two · October 2025
The Art Event.
Expression as a healthier way to cope.
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Art session · Deer Park
What Deer Park looked like.
Chapter three · Monthly
The MannMatters Times.
Our newsletter, on expression — the same idea that runs through everything else. Every month on @projectmannmatters.
A MannMatters Publication
The MannMatters Times
Issue No. 01 · 2026
Expression — art, poetry, the thing you finally said out loud — is the thing that helps.
In this issue
- What we tried instead of disappearing.
- The room that became a habit.
- Two poems & one apology.
Letters
- From an anonymous reader.
- From someone who left a wall post.
- From the editor.
Editor’s note
We started writing this because the loudest part of being a teenager is what you don’t say. The Times is where the said-things and the not-said-things meet, once a month, on a page you can fold.
Chapter four · @projectmannmatters
Mental health, every week, in your feed.
Between the projects, we keep posting — in the language teens actually use.
guide
A guide for the friend who doesn’t know what to say.
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essay
On growing up online without becoming a screen.
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list
Five small things to do when school is loud.
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note
The difference between venting and being heard.
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feature
Why every "I’m fine" is a sentence with two meanings.
@projectmannmatters
guide
A guide for the friend who doesn’t know what to say.
@projectmannmatters
essay
On growing up online without becoming a screen.
@projectmannmatters
list
Five small things to do when school is loud.
@projectmannmatters
note
The difference between venting and being heard.
@projectmannmatters
note
You don’t need to be in crisis to ask for help.
@projectmannmatters
reflection
What we learned from a year of running workshops.
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series
Letters we wish we’d gotten earlier.
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how-to
How to write a poem when you can’t write anything.
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essay
The case for the unfiltered photograph.
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note
You don’t need to be in crisis to ask for help.
@projectmannmatters
reflection
What we learned from a year of running workshops.
@projectmannmatters
series
Letters we wish we’d gotten earlier.
@projectmannmatters
how-to
How to write a poem when you can’t write anything.
@projectmannmatters
essay
The case for the unfiltered photograph.
@projectmannmatters
Chapter five · Live
The Rant Wall.
An anonymous space to share what you’re carrying. These are real, from the wall, right now.
6monthswith Adharshila
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A small ask
We’re looking for a supervisor— to help credit our team members and to make sure we’re heading in the right direction. If that’s you, or someone you know, we’d love to talk.