So, a good question is, why did I feel I needed to cover up the fact I had a nervous breakdown and ended up in a psych day program? Well, this was my thought process: If people find out I am being treated for a psychiatric problem serious enough to be in a day hospital program, they will think less of me, and treat me differently. My boss will fire me. I won't ever be able to find a job in my career field again. My family will reject me, they will view me as a weak man, a failure, and chalk it up as the ultimate failure in a life they already viewed as not measuring up to their standards. The cost of all of that, being unemployed, unemployable, will eat me up financially, and I will run out of money. I will end up homeless, on the streets, and die a miserable death.