I'm still not quite "well" enough to really be happy about my illness.

However, what I love about this journey is that I have learned so much about my illness and others, that I really can get a bit of understanding about other people and their issues. When I was younger, and my mom saw some news story about someone claiming an insanity defense...she always said it was a load of crap and that mental illness wasn't real and yadda-yadda-yadda...well, now I can see it first hand. I know it's real. I know how your mind can really take over. I feel a lot more compassion towards those who are in a worse state than me, and I have a lot more knowledge about the whole area of mental illness. (probalby because I bought the mini-version of the DSM-IV and started reading it once...lol)