it can be so scary when you first tell people, when my family found out about mine i too discovered how little they knew about mental illness. some think "suck it up" and the rest thought "see i told you he was a lunatic" but others outside my family have been very supportive, but i figure that they can take me or leave me, i really don't care, i am not my diagnosis i am still me i just understand some of the things i do better ya know