I’ve been reading articles and watching videos recently on an ongoing debate in the field of psychiatry/psychology as to whether “mental illness” is real (in the sense that it is inherent in us as some kind of “problem.”)  What I’ve been finding is that a number of prominent figures in the field are proposing that what we call “mental illness” should not even be called that.  Because our brains are just reacting the only way they know how to any given situation or traumatic event.  Our brains are the mediators between us and what happens to us.  So by this logic, we would not be “mentally ill” just because our brains may have developed differently than others.  I find this to be a very interesting take, and I look forward to reading more.  Specifically, “Madness Explained: Psychosis and Human Nature and Doctoring the Mind: Is Our Current Treatment of Mental Illness Really Any Good?”  To summarize, we are not mad - but the world we live in is.