I do think she does genuinely have mental health issues but they are not as severe and debilitating as she makes out. She uses her mental health as an excuse not to do anything productive, exciting or basically anything she doesn’t want to do. She plays the mental health card to her advantage to make things go her way.
I’m really open about my struggles with my mental health but I have NEVER used them as an excuse to get out of anything, Emma does every single day!! And Tony lets her!! There have definitely been days when I’ve been incapable of getting out of bed, having a shower, making food or anything else but on those days I also didn’t have the energy to text, post Instagram stories or even speak to anyone. The fact that Emma is able to pick and choose what she is and isn’t capable of each makes it so clear that she’s milking the situation for all it’s worth. When I was really ill and couldn’t cope with anything, my husband would talk to me in the morning and set me a little challenge for the day - some days it would only be have a shower or make a cup of tea, but other days it would be walk round the block, change the bed, clear out a cupboard etc. The tasks got bigger and bigger as I started to recover and I genuinely don’t think I could have climbed out of the dark hole without him. Tony does the opposite for Emma - “oh you want to lie in bed all day, go on then! Oh you want to eat terrible food that makes you feel terrible? Great go ahead!”