If you want to be pedantic , recorded history is a tautology . History starts with the invention of writing . <| sep |> They have a pink room in their house <| sep |> Hey , thanks for the reply and advice . Tried medications , don ' t really work , tho pot works wonderfully . As for therapy , not alot of options in my area , but i will continue to look for one . <| sep |> Severe mental illness is hard for the sufferer and for everyone around them . I know it has been a toll on my family through the years . At least I live alone . Although I do have to rely on disability as stress can lead to my life falling apart . I probably also need a housekeeper and just need to take the time to request those services . It has been hard for everyone . People all say that i ' m just a shadow of the person I used to be before I got sick . They had to watch a deterioration in ability to do pretty much everything . It was so bad I had to live in an adult foster care home from when I was about 20 to 22 . It was kinda awkward being so young in an adult foster care home really . But that was the level of care I needed just to be able to live . It was kinda awful as I had to share a very small room with another person . The two single beds took up almost all of the space of the room . It must be heartbreaking to see the person you love losing so much potential to an illness . I ' ve at least by going through half time and quarter time managing to get my associates degree after 6 years of community college . I guess that is something and more than a lot of people have . It is extremely difficult to live with . I had a month ago a manic episode while on medication that lasted two weeks . In that time I managed to score a 57 % on an exam when I usually get in the high 80 ' s and 90 ' s in that class . Plus messing up an assignment that was worth 12 % of my grade in my other class all because I couldn ' t do anything while manic . Stress brings back symptoms even on medication . This election was hard on me . Just the stress of that was enough to have me babbling conspiracies and believing that the nsa was sending messages through my phone as well as a whole bunch of nonsensical things . It sucks being unable to work or even get a degree in a reasonable amount of time . Really , I just keep at this MBTI stuff because it gives me a distraction from just doing nothing . It keeps me somewhat busy . I really wish there was more funding for care and research of severe mental illness because it leaves families and sufferers devastated .