The quote by Shannon L. Alder is an accurate analysis of a mental illness. Her quote says, “The true definition of mental illness is when the majority of your time is spent in the past or future, but rarely living in the realism of NOW”. People with a mental illness have no conscience. They do not realize life right in front of them. They prosper in the daydreams of the fruitful past which affects their current situation through loss of focus on the grasp of everyday life. They see only what is before and after their being. It is known that sociopaths, schizophrenic people, and basically any unstable person, has no conscience and do not think rationally. Normally these traits pass through their lives unnoticed. Sometimes they make them dangerous
