I think we are all mentally ill every single person on this planet. Just various degrees which begs the question, what the freak is normal? I submit it is society that determines the norm. And if we were the majority and in control, we would be the norm. I reject the notion that MI is hopeless or unproductive. I do agree that most people can not really understand what another person goes throw or feels except in some instances. But not in depression or MI. It would be like trying to describe the color red to a person born blind.