I feel your pain. Nothing annoys me more than people who ask "why can't you just be happy?" or "why can't you just stop thinking so negatively?"

THANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR THAT ADVICE! I NEVER THOUGHT TO JUST BE HAPPY. WELL NOW ALL MY PROBLEMS ARE SOLVED! BETTER THROW MY MEDS AWAY AND CALL MY PSYCHOLOGIST TO TELL THEM THAT ALL THEIR PATIENTS CAN BE CURED WITH A BIT OF 'HAPPY THINKING'.

Honestly, I'd just explain to her that it's not that simple and that it IS a real illness and that you DON'T want to be like this. Thinking happy thoughts and believing in God isn't going to get rid of the chemical imbalance in your brain.