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Originally Posted by Fire_Star
Problem though then is, I'm not sure if I should tell my family about being diagnosed and seeking treatment. I live at home still as I study full time so I'm pretty poor but I rather not have them know about it all. Mainly because in the past they wouldn't believe me when I said something was wrong. But maybe if I talk to them now, with all the the recommendations from doctors, that would be enough 'evidence' for it to be 'real' to them? But I'm not sure.
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Hi Fire Star
Several years ago, when I first had to go to see a pdoc about my bipolar (which wasn't diagnosed at that time yet), I also kept it from my parents at first. Then things were kinda getting out of control (I'm not saying that is your case) and I understood that it was better to tell them to have their support. They were against going to a pdoc and stuff like that, so I was really afraid of telling them. The answer was: let my pdoc phone them and tell them what was wrong. I know that that was not the most courageous thing I could do, but it certainly took a lot of stress off of me. And was a good opportunity to start talking with them of "those kind of things". Maybe you could do something similar, and who knows, it could work for you too
Good luck!
- Cat