Here I am to stick my oar in. And I am really out of it and haven't read all this thread. So, I apologize from the beginning if I make an even bigger show of my ignorance.

My thinking is that "mental illness" can be caused by a bad childhood or by a "bad brain"" or perhaps by both. I am personally not bothered by being told I have "emotional problems."

Please don't pounce on me. I am not even going to look back at this thread. I seem to be heading into some depression as it is.......