Everybody wants to be the one who overcame the odds or struggled bravely on. Everybody wants their story to be special because of how hard it was for them compared to everyone else.

I think some of it comes from the value the culture places on underdog stories and some of it comes from the oversaturation of everything in modern life.

I think some of it also is an overcorrection from how taboo it used to be to discuss mental health previously... so now oversharing is encouraged vs suffering in silence.