I am very private of my diagnosis, purely because for me, personally, I have been very burned by confessions in the past. For meeting people and developing regular, basic friendships, I would never go there. When it starts to get to that supportive point, where you begin to lean on each other, I usually slip it in as content dictates. I never just drop a bomb, but rather wait patiently for that time when I can slip it in.

For me, it allows them to get to know me a develop an opinion of me outside of a disease. I have arthritis as well and I seriously struggle with it, and I don't disclose that out of the gate either. I think I deserve more attention than my diseases in the beginning. Then again, I have been burned badly before.

I'd say, don't put a time frame for it. Let things just progress naturally, and when it feels like the right time or there is a perfect opportunity, go for it. Just don't wait until you are "commited" to each other.

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