My mom was particularly hard to tell her. My mom knew I was on medication for mental illness and she was very negative about it. The breaking point for us was when she was passive aggressive related to my son being in her area. I lost it on her explaining it was a MI emergency and what I would/n't share with her in the future. Since then she has tried to be supportive. I do not feel it would have 'sank in' with-out that confrontation but I really wish I could have just sat down earlier and explained.

I think it would have been worse if she found out because I was hospitalized.
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I asked my dad to take me to inpatient once and it ended up killing our relationship and I stayed home anyway.

So it just depends

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