This misconception prevents families and individuals from taking help. In other cases, people know that they have an emotional disorder, but they keep on avoiding or postponing a visit to a professional. You must be crazy. The fact is that mental or emotional disorders affect millions and millions of people. When we have a mental or an emotional disorder we need others' understanding, support, and care just as we do when we have a physical illness.
Mental illnesses is highly treatable.
Psychological therapies, on average, take about six hourly meetings. No, it doesn't take years of treatment to feel better, in most of the cases.