Mental disorders and illnesses are men=ant to be a bad thing right? then why do I feel so happy about getting one? can someone explain this to me. I dont under stand why Im thinking like this.

Short answer:
People like to feel special and underprivileged. The infatuation that popular media has kept with mental disorders also does not help. Basically, it's you being egotistical, which is completely normal. Once it starts to sink in that feeling will wear off. I used to feel a guilty pleasure about having severe anxiety and mild depression until the symptoms actually started affecting me as I grew older. You'll get over it. Just don't make the fact you have it public, no matter how much you may want to. It doesn't make people think you're deep and special, it just makes them think you're weird and a douche. For most it's a phase, for some it's just the way they are.

And let me clarify the last bit.
For most, the feeling of pleasure is a phase, but some people are just self-obsessed to that degree and probably don't have much of a condition in the first place.

>>2 I think it's a little different than that.

Everyone feels bad sometimes, some more than others, but everyone does at some point in their life. People want other people to care about them and they want them to understand what they are feeling. If you tell someone you are sad, they say that sucks, etc. But, if you tell them you have depression, they are suddenly more interested.

I find people tend to use mental disorders as a way to convey the feelings they are having. Incorrect self-diagnosis are almost always based on some truth, so if you talk to yourself, you may think you have multiple personality. It's also a way to solidify your experiences into some official 'thing' that everyone can understand. Instead of just feeling sad, which can be interpreted many different ways and doesn't fully describe what you are feeling, having depression means you are actually going through something. It's a way of making your feelings into something you have overcome, or more generally, something that is universally recognized as a difficult experience.

Unfortunately, there is already a thread for this.

http://dollars-bbs.org/personal/res/1382215490.html

>>4 Oops, forgot about that thread.