Great, great question, Sophia. And so much talk! I'm a patient, not a T, but I've lived through the problem, and here's my two cents: There are some conditions that are harder to work around than others. But even with a more theoretically tractable "mental disease" a person can be very heavily entrenched in their situation, making it harder for any T to reach them and help them without very serious consequences. When I was much younger, I saw a number of T's, none of whom either explained to me what my problem was or seemed (to me) to try very hard to help me. I did not understand, and I was very angry with them. Many years later, my present T listened to my story and told me that in all probability my earlier T's wanted to keep me out of the hospital (which two of the prior T's had indeed mentioned). I was just too mentally fragile. So while my condition may have been treatable if I hadn't had responsibilities, the T's made the decision for me and just kept me going to work every day. Now, things are somewhat different and I can attack the problem straight on. Hope this helps.