Sounds like the explanation for 99% of all “apparent” mental illness. Sadly it makes those people who do have genuine mental health problems look bad.
Really it means that those with genuine mental health problems don't get taken seriously as they should. We've so popularized and excused behavioral symptoms that we have desensitized ourselves to those in real need.
Turning every bit of lazy, inconsiderate or unacceptable behavior into "disorders" & thus acceptable, has simply gotten the needy lost in the mix. After a while no one gives a damn.
I have a son who is truly bipolar and struggles every day. Self absorbed articles like this by someone who has never seen true mental illness make me angry and sad.
I agree bipolar is the fashionable excuse for everything these days, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some out there who truly have it and need help.