Hi,

I'm at work and my supervisor, who is a psychiatrist, started asking me about my flat affect. He was asking me generally how i'm doing, and i didn't know what to say.Flat affect is an ongoing problem for me, which i'm not sure if it's bipolar or a med side effect causing it. Plus i have been depressed for the last 2 months. This questioning was over coffee at my supervision meeting, where we review my patient cases and he gives me input into my treatment plans etc.

So he doesn't know i'm bipolar, and i didn't know how to answer the questions. I said i'm feeling kind of sick today, so that must be what he is seeing. Part of me wanted to tell him the truth, because he should know my mental state i guess if he is supervising me clinically. But part of me is terrified that he will find out, because i don't know how he would react and if it would change how he views me, or make him question my judgment. I didn't self disclose. I had the perfect time to do it, but i don't know if i should. I could send him an email about it, or i could keep making excuses when things come up.

I really don't know what to do. Thoughts?

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