I feel ya. Or at least I think so.

We experience our.. well experiences, but are told that they are not based in reality, that they are based in mental illness.

But then we get told that our mental illness is reality and that we need to accept it, suck it up and comply with treatment.

Then people don't want to acknowledge our reality, so we create yet another reality for other people in which we're practically just houseplants with no lives or experiences.

But then when we have "episodes" we're told that we're not in touch with reality, be it psychosis issues or that our feelings/thoughts just don't make sense.

But it's still our reality. Except it's not based in reality. But it's real and we had better accept it and take those pills. But then not talk about it and pretend it's not real.

It's all a bit of a joke.