girlish girls, manly men.

[Alex K]

... and you assume we all aren't getting that all the while also living in the 21th century? Cute. (*)

No, I don't assume it. I read the posts about depression and loneliness, I see Area 69, and I make the reasonable conclusion. I assume that a few of you have what I have, and would bet that those males who do are closer to real men than they might admit on this site.

You get a terribly skewed picture of what works in society and what not by looking at discussion on message boards. I'd expect a higher proportion of people with problems of some sort to come here because it is easier to communicate if you're having depression, anxiety disorders or autism related issues. Also, you really should be careful with such a simplistic notion of what depression is. If someone has such serious psychological problems, it's not a matter of "manning up" to have it go away. That's a ridiculous proposition. You simply have misconceptions about how human psychology works, what you have is a cartoon version of that. Depression can hit you too if you're unlucky, and if at that point you're still stuck with your stone age concepts of psychology, this nonsense might hurt yourself too because you'll tie it to a failure of your manliness, when it's no such thing.