Keeping your health concerns private until a later stage is not the same as being deliberately deceptive.


Don't confuse privacy with deception.


Deception is the deal breaker, not the right to privacy.


I'm all for being up front and putting the cards on the table.

But in the same breath I want others to have an opinion of me before they form an opinion of me as a person with bipolar.


That's how I navigate the work force at least.... See my value as an employee and as a person, and oh yes, the real reason I need every Thursday off is because I attend therapy to help me cope with living with BP disorder.