Mmm... well not everybody here is 'mentally ill' as you put it. Some people here view themselves as people who have endured lifes difficulties. Not 'mentally ill' but having faced mental health difficulties and have come out the other side. I see that you yourself are in the mental health professionals social group so you must view yourself as someone who supports others in a professional way, no?

I feel what you need to do is to stop comparing yourself to someone with leprosy or for that matter anyone else who has faced mental health problems as one in four (yes; one in four!) people have faced mental health difficulties in their life. Mental Health problems come to us all, nobody is a 'freak' (as you put it) we are all on this planet together.

I do feel it is good for any of us to do our bit in spreading the word that we can support each other in what ever the difficulty in their (our) lives are. We are all human.