WOW I am amazed at the general consensus here. It seems like most of us do not have a very good support system with our families. I am truely blessed to have support. It's horrible that some think were making it up or just get over yourself. If it were that easy, wouldn't we "just get over it"? Who wants to feel so miserable that they cry all day, don't get out of bed, and think of 100 ways to commit sui? Who wants to feel that horrible???

I wonder what would happen if you told your families you had some sort of cancer. Mental illness is just as lethal and something you can't control.