How would you life be without a MH issue?

This is difficult to answer as technically speaking autism isn't considered a mental illness, so without the personality disorder, anxiety disorder etc etc. I'd still see the world the same way i do now. What i would prefer i think is no skin disorder, no asthma, stomach problems. There's not really a great deal i can do about those.

Since I've been diagnosed with psychosis/schizophrenia, my parents have behaved 100% better to me and more understanding, we get along better... So it's been (at least partly) a positive thing!

As for previous (undiagnosed) depression/bipolar-ish and OCD-ish tendencies, anxiety, low self-esteem, some social phobia etc. - if I didn't have that, maybe I'd be more productive with art/music/writing/career-wise... Maybe I'd have kids and a loving husband/partner... Or maybe I'd be a 'jerk' too, like people above have said....

I've researched a lot about all that, DIY CBT etc. and have been able to help other people (on another forum etc) with this knowledge too, so partly I feel blessed. I definitely wouldn't be researching schizophrenia if I didn't get the diagnosis myself!

I'd much prefer to be without back/neck issues too!!

I honestly don't know. Think I am and have always been me

I would have been a mom. With all the headaches, worry & joy that comes with parenthood. I must admit, I see couples with their kids & I do envy their lifestyle.

I would be sleeping without needing at least two and sometimes four (!) medications.

My MI was triggered by extreme events; until that (until my mid-30s), I slept without medications and never even felt grateful for that because I did not know that it could be any different. Now, oh, I do know.

I am grateful for the creativity brought by this manic depressive illness, but I still wish I could sleep on my own, without assistance.

I will never know!

That exactly is the question I keep thinking these days. When I see my so many friends/colleagues enjoying chatting, easy and having fun around, I feel miserable.
I would have been so productive.
Makes me unhappy.

But I am working on it and I am sure I will achieve it one day.