Quote: "If you ask me, complaining about your mental/emotional issues is pointless. You sound like a woman. Don't be part of the problem! "
I think people should stop faffing about their own masculinity, it's terribly self conscious...I didn't think being self conscious was a particularly manly thing? *Shrugs* People have problems, sticking your fingers in your ears going, "la la la, but I'm a man!" isn't going to solve them, if anything, it'd make things worse.
Anyhow. You say you've got depression. I would say that attitude is the kind of thing that would make it worst. It's the case for any kind of mental issue. Addressing them is the first step. I can understand not wanting to seem whiny, I can relate to that - maybe not sounding like a woman (I have no hang ups about masculinity), but
very few people know (I have only recent actually spoken about it), but I have depression. I don't want to burden people with my problems, but then they seem small and it'd feel like I'm whining.
I don't know what it's like for you. But if it's just a case of having your masculinity threatened, it's not an issue and not something to worry about (perhaps easier said than done). I am too put off by the idea of coming off as whiny, but having problems != whining. Also, a lot of men out there, some seemingly manly men, address their mental and emotional issues. People who promote the idea that men cannot address their mental and emotional problems are fools and are a part of the problem.
