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The two asks
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The two asks
We asked 1,527 people what actually helps with anxiety and low mood. Around 4 in 5 said sensory tools do. It is practical, non-clinical, and it works hardest on exactly what the men in your rooms carry.
Anxiety and low mood are what the men in your rooms come in with. They are also exactly where sensory tools score highest, and the effect holds whoever walks in.
However you cut it, matched sensory tools help roughly 4 in every 5 people. The gap between the best and worst slice is three percentage points.
For a lot of men, anxiety and low mood are the surface, not the whole story. A neurodivergent brain drives both, and it often goes unnamed for years. In our data, across 888 people with ADHD and 975 with autism, the overlap is striking.
So when a man keeps circling the same anxiety or low mood, it can be a marker for something he has never had named. Recognising that pattern is sometimes the first step he takes toward understanding himself, and toward a diagnosis that finally makes things make sense.
The same three things your groups are built on. A sensory tool asks nothing of a man. He can hold it, fidget, and listen, or talk, on his own terms.
We took our 4,000+ verified reviews and pulled out the ones that mention anxiety by name. Here is the honest part: only about 1 in 10 of our reviewers are men. That gap is exactly what your reach would help us close.
Love this fidgit loosens with time great for my anxiety and autism.
This is quite good for anxious fidgeting and can give you some very pleasant tingles in the fingers/hands/forearms if used for several minutes. It feels well made.
Absolutely love this little spinner, really satisfying movement and I find it very calming.
Great quality. Work with children and the fidgets are a hit with the children.
These came well packaged with an additional little critter comfort and they work well.
This is a gift for my friend. She is always fidgeting in meetings, so I got her this. She loves it, really enjoys using it.
Great little items that work so well as a focused in those anxiety moments.
Great discreet clicker for work, with the spines giving a lovely pressure when held tightly. The silent clicker occasionally catches and sticks, but overall it's a great item.
I love my little dragon he's very easy to fidget with , I can take him out and about and he relieves my anxiety wherever I am .
Pretty fun toys. They are pretty small so be careful on how you handle them. The kids I work with love them so mission accomplished.
I bought this as a fidget for the children at work to use when they needed. They love it so much several have now bought their own!
One of my favourites, the flowers offer a mild pain stim, which I use when I’m anxious.
I love it. It helps me calm down after an anxiety attack.
Helps me with appointment anxiety, especially the dentist.
I love this football fidget clicker. I'm autistic and it helps me with my anxiety. I'm a big Liverpool football club supporter so the red football is great.
It really helps me during my bad days with anxiety.
Fun fidget for anxious hands- arrived within two weeks of ordering it, and I loved the randomized colours!
Really grounding and helpful when anxious. Heed the warnings though. They can be sharp!
I am a skin picker when anxious and this little fidget gadget has been quite useful to occupy my hands!
I NEED more of these ! Really good for in my pocket when I'm anxious out and about.
I love it so much! It calms me down when my anxiety or stress is high!
Suffer really badly with anxiety, alongside other issues. This is so good!! I’d advise everyone to get one.
Great you for grounding especially when I'm feeling anxious. It's firm which means I can roll and squeeze it and love the pressure from the spikes.
Great fidget, helps me by being able to grip it to stop other ways to deal with anxiety.
One grows the evidence. One puts something practical in the room. Neither costs your groups a thing.
Your network reaches thousands of men every week, exactly the people this research needs more data on. Sharing the survey grows the world's biggest sensory tool dataset and enables practical, targeted help to the people most likely to have never used sensory tools before. It can also help men identify where their anxiety and depression may actually be a side effect of neurodiversity.
We would supply your groups with sensory packs: simple, discreet tools a man can pick up on the way in. Something for his hands while he finds his words. We're confident they will help, the data tells us so overwhelmingly. For men who want to explore further, an exclusive Stimz × ANDYSMANCLUB discount partnership. We handle the kit, you keep doing what you do.
You built the room where men open up. We have the thing that helps hold them while they do. Let us bring it to your groups.