I kept my bipolar diagnois a secret from everyone except my wife for months. I finally did tell my mom and dad and my mother-in-law. Right away they had a denial about it and said I just need to think positive thoughts.
I looked up everything I could find about bipolar on the internet and then choose the top 5 resourses and sent them links to them.
Amazing, once they read about bipolar from independant sources on the internet how their attitudes have changed.
Now they even ask me how I'm feeling (overall pretty good) and how well my meds are working (very good).
So don't be in dispair if your loved ones don't understand the nature of a mental illness. Educate them as much as possible. The internet can possibly teach them more than you can.
Eleanor Rooselvelt once said,"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission"Don't let peoples ingnorance of the facts effect your self esteem.
Nobody can steal your joy- You have to give it away !
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I found a great site which features personal stories from people living with mental illness called hope to healing at http://www.hopetohealing.com/ . It was started by a Catholic nun who dedicated her life to helping the mentally ill but hid her own mental illness for fear that the stigma would jepordize her her work.
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