That is the issue, not just how the FAA handles mental health, but how we as a society in general handle mental health. There needs to be a shift in attitude of how we deal with the issue, and this may or may not force the FAA into dealing with it through a total shift in perspective.
EVERYBODY has mental health issues, it's part of the nature of sentience, of being able to question our existence, and of Free Will. We are social creatures much due to that, and our need for outside support. We deny the function of society in human evolution and development by making mental health a taboo subject, therefore we have a third of society medicated so they can cope with their own minds. This is a completely untenable situation and we need to change the model and mode of thinking behind it.
Mental Health is like blood pressure, it can be monitored and kept under control with general stress management techniques. The FAA has nothing to lose by trying to incorporate this, and everything to gain, because it also provides a continued monitoring and early warning system that pulls an airman that is getting into deeper trouble than the average life stuff. If implemented through the union/carrier relationship, it can even stay in house since the carrier has Strict Liability anyway.
This can be handled in a helpful manner that provides the airman, and the flying public, a greater level of safety by helping them manage their problems and keeping them under a basic monitoring protocol. If you just look for the solution that benefits everyone, you will find the best solution. In this instance, it also happens to be the only practical solution.
More likely though nothing will happen, we just don't like to deal with mental health issues, we'd rather ignore them.
As for the specific question to address, "Why do you think God made a mistake with you?" Once that is found out, then it's a matter of explaining their purpose on the world and that the thoughts they have are not unusual and part of the learning and thought process that we are created for. What those thoughts mean is that you are functioning properly by having and rejecting those thoughts, and that God has not made a mistake with them at all, they're right on track."
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