Okay, I don't know how to make a poll, but I thought I'd add this post to go along with the worst mental illness post. Does anyone have a feeling that experience of mental illness can be positive? Does this post make any sense?

Sometimes I think my depression gives me a deeper experience in life even though I want to change the distorted thinking. I've read autobiographies of people with mental illness that left me admiring their lives, including their mental... experience. I'm still not sure if this post is self contradictory or not.