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Originally Posted by hamster-bamster
Sometimes I think that no one would have batted an eye - after all, we have a cross-dresser on the team, and that is OK. But I am afraid. Because mental illness (in San Francisco) is more marginalized than cross-dressing. In other parts of the countries, probably the same, they are probably on the same footing, but not in SF. So I am afraid. And, possibly, my boss is afraid and some geeks are, too - I cannot believe all of those geeks are normal w/o dx; give me a break. So everyone is in hiding until what?
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It is pretty absurd that in our area, should be most progressive, but there is much stigma about mental health. These other moms around here, I tried to tell one that my son is not a monster, he has bp. She said, well it's scarry when you don't know what they're going to do next. I almost went true crazy on her (like - you just insulted my child B****, you gonna see some crazy now!), but I chose to behave. And decided to not share my dx with her either... or any of those women.
But yes I know how hard it is with work, they seem to expect you to do everything after hours, which is impossible. I would probably make up alternative excuses too... unless you get to having a regular scheduled weekly therapy, then you may want to inform the boss.