As the lyrics go it’s true it’s all I have mental illness has been my life from the age of 17 where it completely took over but I started experiencing symptoms at 13. I’m 25 now. I’ve never worked. I live on disability my entire life due to being unable to hold down a job and I doubt I ever will even a part time one due to mental illness. Many of my key life changing events have been due to mental illness like being sent to prison for assaulting a police officer when I was psychotic which I feel extreme remorse for or getting addicted to heroin purely to escape the constant pain I was in and to hopefully OD and die. Most people have good memories by this age like graduation, being in a long term relationship, having a career, having a child. I just have terrible trauma based memories that will haunt me until this illness eventually kills me and I die by my own hand. I’ve been in five psychiatric hospitals. One stay was for just over 9 months. I’ve been sectioned over 15 times including section 3, section 2, section 136 and section 5(4) and 5(2). I don’t know any other way of life apart from mental illness. I often ponder the question if someone could give me a cure would I take it? Honestly I probably wouldn’t this is all I know, my life is making sure I take all my medication 5 tablets each day, seeing my mental health team and seeing my psychiatrist to make sure I stay somewhat stable. I can’t fathom a life without mental illness, truly all I’ve got is insane.