Would like title changed to "How does one define severity of illness?"

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How does one define who is more "ill"

Continuing the discussion from Misleading articles: Although I disagree with Daimon on the other thread, this is an interesting question. In terms of symptoms that get attributed to psychosis I would argue that I am at the mild end of the serious mental illness spectrum. And yet I have chronic ,long standing difficulties especially at a social level that some might say severely restrict my functioning. For example I have never been employed and have not had much of a social network even before coming under psychiatry’s wings . Although from a psychotic symptoms perspective my symptoms are,I reckon, mild it has been said (a) that I have very poor social skills (b) limited ability to live…