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Old Jun 18, 2010, 10:07 PM
Fire_Star Fire_Star is offline
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Originally Posted by FLWRCHILD78 View Post
It's because of things like this that I am afraid to tell my own friends and family that I am bipolar for fear of what they'll think...So am I now feeding into the stigma by not talking about it?
I'm in the same boat. I haven't told anyone in my family and only really close friends that I knew would 'get it' as they were putting up with my behaviour for a few years.

But I feel like I'm feeding the stigma by not discussing it openly. But it still seems more risky to share it - too many relationships, career and other things get more complicated so that's why I still keep my mouth shut. :/ I'd really rather not have to though!