well, i think mental "illness" manifests itself in many different forms. Hallucinations, Delusions, Conspiracy theories.... these are all self reported symptoms.
If calling certain one "hooey" and others "valid"... if that makes you feel better about your own situation, well you are free to make that assumption.
you can always speculate that people are making things up, but we never really know, do we.

Personally, i think that Conspiracy Theories should have a forum perhaps on an entirely different site. I dont even view it as illness, but as skeptical observations based on facts...
there are facts behind the claims, that is why they are classified as theories and not delusions.
but for now, i post about them here because it is another observation that highly intelligent and skeptical people who devise theories tend to label themselves crazy, get labeled crazy by others, orsimply question their own sanity as a result of uncovering such truths that seem to conflict drastically with the fassad implemented by society, to cover up these truths...

but i guess im just saying that we all have plenty going on in our minds and we come to this Wastebasket forum of psychoses to post these ideas, hopefully to get some feedback from others.

P.S. by wastebasket i am referring to the category.... of psychosis, schizophrenia, delusions
-dont think i mean your posts are garbage, thats NOT what the term refers to.