I find that I worry about people thinking that I am mentally ill. I am not sure why. But I fear my classmates or co-workers ever thinking I am or have ever been mentally ill. I find this odd because I admitted to having been in therapy during college in one class. In another class, I mentioned having gotten a PhD to theorize that I had a slight mental disorder during a therapy session. So, why do I worry about whether or not people are going to think I am mentally ill? Why can't a person talk to a T without being seen as mentally ill? I can't even see myself as mentally ill even though I have a strange need to talk to a T. Why do I place such a negative image on the concept of mentally ill when I am studying to be an addiction counselor?