I’ve been told that someone as logical and seemingly intelligent as me (not that I claim to be either) couldn’t possibly be mentally ill. — Noah Te Stroete

Depends. On average I'm pretty normal. Nobody is psychotic 24/7 all year round. If you think that some people are like that then you may have seen too many Batman movies with Heath Leger playing the Joker, in it.

I don’t have a cognitive disability, nor have I been diagnosed as mentally retarded. Do you find that people often confuse mental illness for cognitive disability? — Noah Te Stroete

I don't know. What's the difference between a cognitive disability and a mental illness. Both can be classified as disabilities...

Basically, I am able to think logically about abstractions. However, when it comes to the personal and interpersonal, I am told I have false beliefs and make faulty inferences. So, I have been told that I am mentally ill, but I have never been told that I have mental retardation.

Yeah, there's a fine line between sanity and insanity. Most people who know they have an illness ( it can be even a common cold ) take precautions to ensure their sanity. I find in my case I used to and still do to some extent, obsess over my illness. But, after a while you learn to cope with it in various ways.

I don't know what to say about mental retardation and mental illness. It can be a little ambiguous between the two at times, depending on your me talk state.