I seldom tell anyone for the same reasons.Labelled, all behavior being "crazy" and being fired "for other reasons", conveniently after I had an episode and took time off. All of a sudden my performance reviews started slipping, and my co-workers went to my boss and told her they didn't want to work with me anymore. I know this because a couple of them got together and told me to my face. Nobody understands BP fully unless they have it.

I think your therapist gave you bad advice. It is not up to us personally to try to de-stigmatize across the board. Stigma isn't going away in my lifetime, no matter how many of us come out of the closet. Look at the celebrities who made the news. How many of them come out and speak about it? It's big news, but seldom gets a platform unless the celebrity has big bucks and can afford to talk about it (like Kay Jamison and Glenn Close's sister). That's the only two that I can think of that have talked about it publicly.

Mainstream society is being more accepting of all kinds of those who are different. But I got burned, so I support my local MH agencies from a distance.

There are a lot of people who claim success by telling everyone at work, home and school.
No way. My family knows because they sectioned me. I've only told one good friend and I'm keeping it that way for now.