Kykid, how did you get over your negative feelings about telling friends? I just got home from meeting the two friends I recently told about my illness and I don't know what it is, but I feel that they're distancing themselves from me because of my illness and trivialising it. Or is it just me and my suspicions? They don't really call me much or initiate meeting up unless I do and one of them used to drop by and visit me on her way back to her hometown but doesn't do that anymore, not since I told her. They said they understood and will support me any way they can but today was the first time I met up with them both after some time and I got the impression that they are slowly distancing themselves from me. For example, we used to talk about stuff to do and where to hang out after I finish my degree. But I feel the conversations are getting more impersonal and that I'm being avoided. Or is it just me? Maybe it's because I made them uncomfortable today by talking about my illness and some decisions I have to make about medications...too heavy lunch conversation maybe? I don't know...maybe it really is just me...maybe they are not as ready as they thought they were? I'm all confused about it and I feel like I've laid my heart open and been misjudged.