It's only a part of a persons personality not who they actually are. Most people wouldn't know i have been diagnosed Bipolar and have or had anxiety unless i told them as i am not normally viably depressed these days at all (well ok winter does a job on me) and my mania is under control. I refuse to label myself as just someone with a mental illness and usually by the time i get around to discussing mental illness with a woman i am interested in we have already gotten the introductions out of the way anyway. I haven't had any woman say "Omg i can't date you your mentally ill". It's never been a problem with any women i liked.