One of the most interesting things about being mentally ill, is the scoffing I get from others who just do not believe it. I feel like screaming and saying can you recognize from the outside that someone is diabetic or have some other medical disorder. Really, people say I look so normal, like someone with mental illness has to have drool coming off their lips or be hidden under a bridge somewhere, or can only count to ten.
Mental illness has nothing to do with intelligence.
Nor does it have anything to do with weak character.
I would gladly hand over my extreme physical anxiety, visual and auditory hallucinations, depression so marked it makes you think of nothing but driving into traffic, oh and last but not least not trusting the very head you think out of to make decisions. Any takers?
Of course I look normal, I'm on medication.