My dad went on a mankind project weekend a couple of years ago.
When he came back he was super excited about it. He took my mum, brother and me to a "graduation" type thing for the weekend. While there all the men were hugging and stuff, which I remember being really weird to me as my dad is not a hugger.
He seemed much happier for a while, and made more of an attempt to convey feelings, but the effect faded reasonably quickly (within 2 months or so). He didn't attend the followup meetings for very long I think in part because my mum was somewhat bewildered by the change and not hugely supportive.
Most of the guys who were at the graduation seemed to be either really hard bastards, or really low self-confidence shy guys. Both groups seemed to get a lot out of it at the time.
Personally I think it added some joy into my dads life, if only for a short while. I'll ask him if he recommends it.
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