I do not share my MDD with anyone. My children and H know, my son's pdoc and T, my pdoc and gen practitioner. That's all. My mom and dad knew because this started when I was in grad school, but now they are gone. My family does not understand. My sons -ages 23, 22 and 18 think I am a lazy, fat slob. My H has given up on me. My 16 yo has inherited my mental illness. I just found out because I sought treatment for him, he is automatically ineligible to enlist in the military, which is his career goal. I cannot bear to tell him. There is no tolerance for mental illness in our society.