Good point. I was diagnosed with OCD long ago. But that doesn't make me insane. A change of environment nearly cured my OCD though. The problem lay mostly in society.
Remember that Indian spiritual leader who said, "It is no measure of health to be adjusted to a profoundly sick society"?
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/autho ... murti.htmlThe US is a lonely country where sensitive people are persecuted. That's why it has the highest rates of mental illness in the industrialized world. Not everyone is cut out for the independent "don't need anyone else" lifestyle of work and privacy. Some need to feel connections to others. That's why I am generally happier, have better mental health and self-esteem abroad. And those like me are too. But I don't represent everyone. Some people are happy in America, if they are big on privacy, making money and don't need to feel connected with others. Different strokes for different folks. I do not live for money and career, so I've never fitted in that well in the adult USA environment. I feel far more at home in Europe, where intellectualism is more mainstream than in the US.
But hey, life is not without problems and challenges. Those who overcome them, make the greatest heros. To be able to endure pain and come out of it alive and strong and spiritual, makes you an inspiration to others. That's why many find me to be inspiring.
If I had a flawless spotless life, then who would be inspired by that?
Life always brings problems and challenges. How you deal with it, and how you overcome that, makes you stronger and builds character. Suffering builds character. We all have our fair share of suffering. But that doesn't discredit us.
If you look at the big picture, you will understand all this.
But these haters don't. They focus on one misdiagnosis in my life, and take that as gospel truth, repeating it over and over again. The truth is, the whole thing and misdiagnosis is documented in my Christian deconversion story.
http://www.debunkingskeptics.com/Christian_Story.htmIt's no secret. If you read it though, you will find that the "schizophrenia" was a misdiagnosis. Only those who want to bring me down focus on it, spreading lies in the process.
Anyone who wants to know the truth can simply read the story. But if someone is stupid and gullible enough to believe every frickin lie out there, well I can't help them then. And it's not my problem either. I don't have to give sickos the time of day, and I shouldn't.