Is Mental Illness in the Eye of the Beholder?

Imagine you woke up one morning with a cold, just your everyday, twice a year cold. You’ve had them since you can remember, even as a kid. Imagine the sniffles and aches and sneezes and snot coming out of your nose. Imagine wanting relief so you could go about your day as planned. More than anything, you’d really just love to go back to bed until you felt better. You’d like people to call and sympathize and…