Yay! More politically correct thingies online! Ugh...

Let's be fair, a lot of mental health issues that people have ARE emotional problems. People simply don't want to admit that they have an issue that they need to address, and perhaps grow and mature. "It's an illness just like any other illness" suggests there's a lack of personal responsibility. Why does calling it an emotional problem invalidate one's experiences? Because we're not immediately hopping on the sympathy train?

Until people are realistic about mental health, they can go about it any way but will fail to get rid of the stigma.