Talk:Trumpart/@comment-26017717-20161218153905/@comment-25035274-20161219065926

I'm guessing you've never really talked to anyone who suffers from disorders like paranoid schizophrenia. They aren't a matter of "different perspectives"; they're a matter of a brain with seriously crossed wires and chemical imbalances that cause all sorts of highly unpleasant reactions which include, not least of all, terrifying hallucinations that can leave you completely unable to function.

A very good friend of mine suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. As the years have passed, her illness (and it is an illness) has taken over more and more of her life; she's had to give up or reduce her time spent with many activities she used to love. She can barely function in public without having a breakdown; she's extremely limited in what video games she can play (she used to love gaming, but can barely tolerate it now because the flashing colors overstimulate her); traveling is pretty much a nightmare for her; and I'm sure other issues I haven't touched on have come up over the years.

Mental illness is not just made up.