The media heavily glamorizes mental illnesses and tries too hard to make them seem beautiful. Conditions such as depression, addiction, and bipolar disorder are trends rather than serious conditions that require professional help. More and more works about damaged protagonists being saved by someone who makes them feel special or beautiful are being published. In the first season of American Horror Story, Violet Harmon suffers from depression. Tate Langdon, one of her father's patients, immediately takes an interest in her. Their relationship spirals out of control when it is discovered that Tate is actually a ghost and that he raped Violet's mother in order to acquire a child for his own deceased mother. Tate is also discovered to be responsible for a school shooting he committed out of anger after his mother aborted his younger brother. Although they both have serious issues to resolve, they end up continuing their relationship. Violet, after discovering that she simply cannot deal with the fact that Tate is psychotic and her feelings for him are out of control, commits suicide. This relationship was completely toxic for both parties, but unfortunately they both believed that love would find its way. It starts from the idea that something as simple as "true love" between two teenagers can solve all their serious internal problems. The news also does a terrible job of painting a picture of mental illness. According to the American Journal of Psychiatry, people negatively correlate mental health and mass shootings in order to gain more support for gun control policies. By correlating violent acts like the Aurora shootings and the Sandy Hook shootings with people with mental illness, they paint a picture that seems to me... middle of paper... or creative, but the Bipolar disorder is actually a serious illness that impairs relationships, work, and social behavior. Therefore, the media's portrayal of pain is far from accurate. It stigmatizes the seriousness of these conditions and turns them into trends as if they were something fashionable. Is it nice for those people who actually suffer from mental illness to see their unwanted illness become something desirable? Contrary to popular belief, mental illnesses are not beautiful. Mental illnesses are not in fashion. Mental illnesses should not be taken lightly. It's something to take seriously, although this new sadness trend is beautiful and will catch your eye. There are millions of things that should be glorified: safe driving, common sense, good manners. But mental illness shouldn't be one of them.