[JeremyBalll]

thoughts are not an illness

everybody has thoughts

when a thought appears in the mind and we involve in it is a 'sort of' illness that all we have, not only you have or not only with so called 'mentally ill' people have

i used 'so called' because Lord Buddha said 'we all are mentally ill until we know what the reality in this life is'


look at the 'thought' appears in the mind
say one of your friend comes to your mind
if you are not mindful, you involve with that thought (with the friend appears in the mind) and you think about the things you have done with him or things that you are going to do with him, thinking the friend in the mind is a real person

but actually 'that friend' is a thought
if you know (mindful) you can just Let Go of 'that friend' and your mind is free
you do not have to worry about the past (the things happened with that friend) or the future (things going to happen with that friend)

see, how easily we can Let Go of thoughts and have a free mind, no sorrow, no fear, no expectation which brings a sorrow or fear again etc.