AOC Says Mental Illness Is A “Myth,” Others Glamorize It, Both Are Dangerous To Society

Not so very long ago, there was a movement among religious conservatives to normalize the professional treatment of mental illness in the face of religious traditions that insisted things like depression and other diagnosable mental illnesses could be “prayed away” or were simply a sign of unrighteousness. In fact, that movement is still ongoing. While I do believe that both prayer and personal righteousness have a profound effect on one’s mental and physical wellness, I am also a strong advocate for seeking treatment for mental health ailments.

It is clear that mental illness is a huge problem in this country, and one that contributes to other social issues we face, most noticeably things like mass shootings. And until we address the underlying issue of mental illness, our society will continue to suffer the symptoms of that illness. But the response from radical leftists is a rather strange one. Essentially, they’re pretending like mental illness isn’t something that needs to be treated, either by pretending it doesn’t exist at all, or pretending like it’s a good and trendy thing. They’d rather politically treat the symptoms of mental illness, like blaming guns for causing mass shootings, than admit that our nation has a mental health problem that isn’t a quick fix for a political win like a gun law might be. Here’s AOC hating on men and saying that we should “dispense with this myth of mental illness” because it’s really just radicalization.

And here’s K/Landon, a parent, making a TikTok with their young child about how she/he are diagnosably mentally ill and choosing to subject their family and society to their untreated mental illness.

This video represents a growing trend of normalizing and encouraging untreated mental illness, which is so dangerous to society. Rather than encouraging mentally unstable or ill people to seek treatment for their illness, to protect society and themselves, they are being told that mental illness is just a myth or that it’s a super cool and trendy thing to have. But not only can mental illness be a ticking time bomb socially, it’s also no way to live personally. Yes, fixing the mental illness epidemic in this country will take time, effort, and commitment, and it won’t be a quick political fix to tout on a campaign trail because progress will be incremental, but it is what’s best for our country and our society. And the best time to start is now.