Good rant. You go for it girl.
I have two pet hates about the romanticisim of mental illness.
There seems to be little recognition of the social isolation that so often accompanies mental illness. Film and television portrayals seldom acknowledge social isolation and how difficult this is to overcome, instead we are insulted by simplistic storylines where friends rally round and everyone "discovers" themselves.
Secondly, certain treatments are demonised and portrayed cruel, inhuman and even abusive. I'm talking about ECT here. Yes, there have been times when this has been used inappropriately and there are people who have been deeply traumatised by their experience of ECT. I don't want to dismiss their feelings, BUT, there are people for whom is ECT is a beneficial treatment and in many cases it has saved their lives. I am one of those people, yet whenever I've tried to open up about this, suddenly people become very uncomfortable around me.