Ally McBeal, what in heaven's name was her problem?

I watched Ally McBeal end-to-end a long ago, but my wife never did.
Last month my wife wanted to watch the show, so we rented all the
seasons and started watching it together. We're currently on season 4.

Dear God, it's been almost 10 years since I watched the show... and
now my more adult, more mature (I hope) mind, begs the question: What
the hell was wrong with that woman??!

Was she supposed to serve as an example to young professional women
back then? She was so pathetic and she wasn't even 30, I never
realized so many years ago that she was such a loser, her only drive
in life was not to succeed as a woman and in her career, but to find a
husband and being always miserable for not doing so? Even Bridget
Jones could (barely) and didn't have to lose like, I don't know 75%
(?) of her body weight just for men to find her "sexy". (A friend of
mine thinks Ally could be a really good Emo character if the show was
made today lol).

And what's with all the hallucinations? She had to be admitted or
accepted the Prozac right away; I could not work with someone so
screwed up (actually I did have to work for almost 4 years with a 40
year old boss that was an angry-with-life, cat lady whose ambitions in
life were similar to Ally's, a nightmare indeed).

In the end she just gets a fix when a daughter falls from the sky upon
her feet... So being a single mom is an OK alternative if you have
given up having a healthy relationship? Not if you are crazy as hell,
girl!!!! Poor kid, it's gonna be a nightmare to grow up with such a
nut piece of work as a mom.

The comedic parts were ok (specially from the other cast members, Greg
Germann rocks) but I don't know how that kind of character could
endure so much in TV. I met almost all my female friends since we were
like 22 and they're all happy professional women and they never
followed that kind of crappy mindset, I really don't know how I (or
America) endured 5 seasons of this :S

Obviously the question goes for people in their early 30's since
probably you watched the show in your 20's, younger people luckily
will never watch it :P

Your thoughts :P
I know, I know, that was a lot of venting, but I didn't want to spoil
the show for my wife, she actually finds it really good (now, lol).