Only until more recently, mental illnesses and mental health disorders were taboo topics. People were uncomfortable talking about
these subjects or their mental health struggles. As a result, rumors and misunderstandings about mental illnesses ran wild. The
media played no helping hand with exaggerated stories and extreme cases being showcased regularly. Although there has been
progress, there are still several popular misconceptions about mental disorders that many people still believed to be true and may
even be falsely spreading.