I get the feeling my family (people on both sides) don't like the idea of me being mentally ill because, of course it might smudge their reputation I guess that seems more on my moms side with my dads side they just have a philosophy of somehow not giving a crap and it seems to be seen as weak if you do happen to give a crap about things let alone your feelings.

I suppose the point is that sort of mindset can affect females and males both and it seems to be overlooked quite a bit and gets assumed to be a male issue specifically. I guess it's just weird being an atypical female, as in most things that supposedly mostly apply to females don't usually apply to me......I am sure I am not the only one, so I suppose I wonder where you turn for help when people assume your going to think and be a certain way due to physical gender.