I'll try to keep this short and it should be easy. Most of my family have been incredibly helpful and supportive. None of them have been what you'd call negative. BTW I come from a large, close family with rural, agrarian, poor roots. There were actually sharecroppers one of two generations back. I include that info because it may have some sociological interest.
Friends... again there were a lot. At my core I'm a very private person so I kept it on a need to know basis as a rule but I didn't hide it. And again it was all very positive. I made friends easily and I was blessed with many good friends over the years. Several were helpful and supportive over and beyond anything you could expect. Some were more helpful than the professionals.
I almost feel guilty posting this. I wish I could have shared.
Work... in the music world nobody cared unless it interfered with work. I also had some 9-5 jobs with bosses/supervisors who really didn't have any negative views of MI as long as it didn't interfere with work.