This is why so many people, myself include, advocate to "End the Stigma" and start talking about mental health instead of mental illness. The trouble is, those of us that manage their BP (and other conditions) to the point where other people might not know we are affected in any way, we are invisible to the general population. It's only when I deliver one of my education talks and reveal my condition does anyone learn of it. I'm not suggesting we all go around wearing "I'm BP & Proud" t-shirts but whilst the majority of us are invisible then it leaves just the extreme few to represent us all in the public eye.