I agree that high-functioning is a good thing. The longer we spend among the normies whilst keeping our symptoms at bay, the better chance we have of reducing stigma about the illness.

Not many people know I'm sick with mental illness. I keep a lid on it at work, and in a good portion of my personal life. The struggle is real, constant, and unrelenting, but I believe in the end it will make me stronger and even more able to present as normal. Normal is fantastic, high-functioning is a close second.