Ok, I guess there may be some superficial benefits and benefits to others in HAVING a mental illness, like that your T gets paid, or that you get somebody to care about you. But realistically, the way I see it there are not benefits to HAVING a mental illness. However, there are benefits to OVERCOMING a mental illness, as we have discussed. Or even to overcoming a little bit of it. Maybe none of us entirely beat the whole thing permanently and once and for all. I am still having a hard time believing that I could ever do that. But I'm better than I used to be, and having made the progress that I have has benefits. Make sense?