This is kind of a strange thing to wrap my head around.

Saying mental illness is a choice to me seems unrealistic and doesn't take into account all of what it is to be a human. Yes we have an ability to make choices but we also have things like stress and emotions and everything else that makes us up that effects those choices. No one is able to make choices outside of themselves, thus who we are plays a part in our choices.

Choice plays a role with where we are with are mental health, but so does genetics and environment.

In a lot of ways it is empowering and encouraging to know your choices and behaviors can change things to improve yourself. But saying things like people choose to be metally ill is not accurate and it's hurtful. This really seems like an outdated way of thinking to me.

I'm just going off of what I've read in this topic .