Aaq, mental health isn’t a joke; i know many people who suffer debilitating anxiety, often in silence, and the fact that many in our community don’t take it seriously adds to their suffering. Sometimes they’re made to feel “crazy,” or abnormal, they worry about shidduchim and won’t take medication because of it. They’ll hear people say things like “just breathe into a paper bag,” or “it’s all in your head,” and other insensitive comments. Or they’ll be told to just have bitachon.
Whatever the cause is, it’s definitely something in modern times, because to have these issues to such a degree where a person can’t function was very rare into recently.