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Originally Posted by lilodian4ever
The moment you tell someone about your illnesses, they automatically put you in a different category of "abnormal people" or "people to avoid" or "the 'don't pick up phone' list".
It ain't fun, esp. if you live in a small town and ignorant people spread the word about you like wildfire and pretty soon, you have no friends left.
Don't, really.
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I do live in a small town, and it's ridiculous.
I talked to my family about my disorder before, and they shunned me. They don't think I take medicine anymore so they're okay now with me. They didn't believe I had anything wrong and that I was going to be addicted to my medicine. They don't see the struggle in my mind. My boyfriend knows that there's something wrong because he lives with me. He understands because his mom is bipolar. His family is very supportive.
I just have to pretend everything is okay around them.
Like one of brothers mentioned me going to the 'nut house' on Facebook a couple months back. My family has mental issues they don't address. All they do is drugs and alcohol and deny they have a problem.
My sister is the only one who understands that I need to be on medication on my side of my family.
I don't have many friends anyways. Only my cousin and a friend from high school. It's mainly my cousin and boyfriend I talked to about my issues because they're always there for me.
I'm back on medicine and I'm not saying a word to my family about it.
I wish this world was more understanding about mental illnesses.