For the most part when an aquaintance finds out I have a mental illness they react positively. But, that isn't always the way. I've had a few break ties. I've had a few distance themselves. I've also had some treat me differently.

Some of it I suppose I understand. But, it is the people that suddenly treat me as though I have been dumbed down that bother me.

Yes, a few people in my life have begun to talk down to me in infantile voices as though I, in an instant, have either lost my IQ or become deaf.

It is so very irritating. I'm no so sure it might even be an unconscious reaction.