The science of MI is still too wishy washy for most folks to swallow. Stigmas are there because the science is too weak. MI is big business. Big Pharm is recognized as the enemy of the people. MI is a profit machine run by big business. The suspicions and the stigma grows. Every tom richard and harry is getting a dx for some MI or another these days. The doubting and the stigma grows. Treatment is a crap shoot. The disbelief and the stigma grows.

People can share their testimonies and it won't change much because they are often testimonies of great success in overcoming. All that does is magnify the stigma for those of us who don't have success stories to share. 'He did it. What is wrong with you?' The evidence against my MI dx legitimacy is against me because I am not recovering. Therefore in the eyes of those who see me, the fact that I am still struggling while others have regained their lives is an additional slam against me. Can't win. It is what it is. People will think what they think and if we care then we keep MI stories to ourselves.