((((rhonswat))))) My mom has the habit of doing the "There she goes again" thing. It's a cheap shot and a way of devaluing your feelings AND your illness. I understand that you want your parents t ounderstand, ad your husband too, but sometimes siting and talking to them isn't enough. Sometimes the scope of the illness ids too overwhelming. They don't understand, they are probably frightennd. In such ccircumstances it is far easier to simply grab for a stereotype or blame it on "wanting attention" and acting on those assumptions instead.

In the case of your folks, you might be able to let it rest until they bring it up. My mom is on a need-to-know status regarding my bipolar. Usually, she doen't need to know. That way I avoid her nonsense. My husband, he had to take some time until he realized, this was real, the medicines did help, and yes, his support was very helpful in my maintaining my mental health. It might be that your husband needs to take sometime living with the idea until he can admit to it. Good luck. This is one of the hardest things to manage, getting out of the closet without triping on the door and bashing your face No seriously, I really hope that they start getting used to the idea and that you start getting some decent treatment from them regarding this. It sounds very hurtful and you don't deserve that.