Public discourse on mental illness at the media level is almost worse

Despite the high rate of mental illness in our society, we are generally terrible at discussing it. At the private interpersonal level, we throw around mental health terms with little regard for what they actually refer to. A highly disproportional amount of media coverage of mental illness is stories related to gun violence.
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Luetta:
I've always liked cake, but recently I have discovered a craving-no, a lust-for the crunchy, crispy crust of a cherry pie.
(25 November 2016)

Marshall:
I miss my ex-girlfriend...help?
(25 November 2016)

Marshall:
Should I try to at least create a friendship with her...or maybe just leave her alone?
(25 November 2016)

Marshall:
I haven't met anybody like her since.
(25 November 2016)

Marshall:
I always manage to spot her, and sometimes she looks at me and then sometimes she stares straight past me.
(25 November 2016)

Marshall:
We have a lot of the same friends.
(25 November 2016)

Marshall:
I see her around a lot more than I did last school year.
(25 November 2016)

Marshall:
She lost a lot of weight, she went from cute to gorgeous, shes doing so much better academically I have heard.
(25 November 2016)

Marshall:
Everything about her has changed.
(25 November 2016)

Marshall:
She was always coming back to me last year and so far this year she hasn't.
(25 November 2016)