I am open with the people in my immediate circle of friends and family. I am also not the only one battling this illness in my family so we have learned to support each other through the hard times. I also try to be open with my friends about it as well though that can be touch and go. I have had friends acknowledge that this is a real issue in my life, but then hold some of the problems it causes against me despite my attempts to work on it and grow. I have also told only the 'need to know" people in my work place. One of my superiors also suffers from it so she is aware, and people in human resources know so that they can offer me assistance in times of distress. Otherwise I keep it to myself. I find that despite the progressive attempts for equality with people that have these issues there is still a social stigma as if we are not equal, or that we will always be irrational, moody, and/or unreliable. I disagree with this stigma, as I try to view it as being emotionally sensitive, and a complex emotional thinker.