I've also met some people who are "very high functioning" as they call it. My current psych wanted me to attend a group therapy session for working professionals, but ironic, it was held in the middle of the day (weird, huh) on Thursdays. So I just couldn't do it time-wise. I've met various people who do have "normal" lives despite various conditions, bipolar or depression or whatever.

Then, there are the "famous" examples, like the schizophrenic law professor Elyn Saks:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/op...upid.html?_r=0

When I found this article, I must have read it two dozen times on the spot - it gave me a lot of hope to think that someone could be very successful despite a pretty serious condition.

I have to do this in shifts today, I'm in the middle of a big project.