I remember early on in my treatment my t said I had remarkable insight into my illness and its effects. It made her job easy because she wouldn't need to spend our valuable T time convincing me I had maladaptive behaviors or patterns of thought.

I don't know if my meds lady would agree that I am so easy to work with because I ended up telling her the side effects of lithium were not worth the benefits. I would rather take seroquel instead. Since I've been stable on that med oh well....fortunately she didn't say I lacked insight.

I agree that insight as defined by NAMI means "being compliant with others wishes to the detriment of self". Treatment teams shouldn't throw it around , it should only be used to describe when someone doesn't recognize their illness or its effects.