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Mentally Ill Or Just Different?

How can you tell when someone is mentally ill versus just being different? For instance if someone likes to wear pink ties and yellow suits to work does that make them mentally ill? Maybe they know nothing about fashion but does that make them crazy?

Different Or Ill Mentally

I think mental illness has to do more with seeing or hearing things that are not there, Fashion oddities might be just that: "Odd", that's more of a character thing.

Mentally Ill Or Just Different? Health & Special Psychology

I agree with Gerard. The best word for me is "Delusional" For if someone is mentally ill because their brain is producing sound and images that aren't in reality so they have the wrong perception about what is right and what is wrong.