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In other words, many mental disorders cannot be overcome through "sheer willpower," but only because we don't have the time or energy to do so. Some mental disorders can be eliminated through therapy and rehabilitation, but many of the neurologically-based ones (i.e., schizophrenia, OCD, Tourette's, Asperger's, autism, etc.) cannot. While they cannot be eliminated entirely, it is possible to suppress, manage, or channel them as a means of improving your life. For example, major depression and high anxiety—both of which are thought to be genetic or epigenetic to at least some degree—can be managed through rehabilitation, therapy, and medication. Similarly, schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorders can be managed through like means.

Moreover, these disorders undoubtedly provide some positive benefits, however minute or negligible, which can be exacerbated and channeled in order to improve your life. For example, schizophrenia can produce higher quantities of creative and abstract thinking; high-functioning autism can help with analytic faculties and data absorption; and obsessive-compulsive disorder can provide habits meticulous attention to detail, orderliness, and a higher standard of work ethics.

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