I have shared my wife's diagnosis of bipolar II disorder with a very few people. The same limited number that I talked about my own depression. ONe of my roommates from college who I am still very good friends with called me out of the blue today to see how my wife, 2 1/2 year old son, and I are doing. I said we were all doing well and had to go which was true because my son was a fussy mess.

I told him to call back tomorrow. I think I am going to share with him tomorrow about were our family is right now and hope for the best. We have fronted for so long that everything is o.k. that it would be good to be completely honest. I am sure that my situation is in no way unique but I was just curious how others in a similar situation have been received by friends when sharing their illness or spouse's illness.