“Talking about it publicly, I just feel like it opens the door to make young men think that it’s OK to just f**king go, ‘Oh, I’m having mental [health issues] (White says in a whiny voice).’”
That sounds like an awesome thing, actually. People of all genders and ages can have mental health issues. It shouldn’t make you seem less masculine if you are open about that.
Just to go on a bit of ramble, I could name two characters in fiction who I look at and say, “ok, that’s positive masculinity.” King Trent in the Xanth series by Piers Anthony and Aragorn in…well you all know what he’s from, right? lol. They’re both leaders who inspire people, capable warriors for sure, but they don’t have to resort to violence to get respect, and they’re not always afraid to admit they have some vulnerability. If I was a person in either Xanth or Middle-Earth, I’d join their armies or whatever.