I was initially with psychotic depression, then bipolar, finally schizoaffective. I hate it when people laugh around and say, "oh, he's psycho" or "she's schizo". It's just not true!

People don't understand what these mental illnesses are like unless they've direct experience, either as a sufferer, or because a family member has it. People think depression is feeling blue, bipolar is simply mood swings, and schizophrenia et al are someone acting a bit erratically. Of course bipolar and schizo diseases are also used as a term of abuse, as is psychotic.

It's a huge pity that the world is so ill educated.