I was fired from a job because of my many physical illnesses which were sypmtomatic of a much deeper issue ... rapid cycling bipolar ... instead of understanding, I was "dumped" on with work I was not trained for, put into humiiating circumstances with clients, observed as to how often I used the bathroom (I had colitis at the time), etc. A few of my male co-workers felt for me but would not say anything for fear of jeprodizing their jobs. In a 12 member engineering firm that was next to impossible. I had my A.S.S. degree in Architectural and Commercial Design. My superviser was a degree holding architect who had no self-esteem. If the boss walked on him, it was handed down to me; when the supervisor was gone, some if his duties fell on me; when the secretary was gone on Friday; I corrected her mistakes. That place was hell on earth, but I loved the drafting, design and computer work I did. However, it took only 8 short years to destroy me, and almost my marriage. I had a severe nervous breakdown from which i never fully recovered

In hiding my MI, my physical health failed me. The one feeds into the other. You cannot seperate the two; you cannot remain hidden forever.

Someone will find out your deepest secrets. Someone once said, to the effect, "Where is the forest, when you have cut down all the trees?"