Wow i'm in a very similar spot as you, very conservative, narrow-minded family(that is mentally ill themselves, but think they're fine). I think their entire knowledge base of mental illness is summed up with the following: "crazy", "psychotic", "asshole", "lazy"... It's so pathetic sometimes that it's kind of funny to me. You wouldn't believe some of the things my sister and i have been called by our own family or people around us(very conservative town as well yay). BTW i'm also 24. To me most people have something wrong with them if not everybody.... Relax, accept how you are and get help where necessary, that is all we can do. I have a pretty laid back approach to talking about stuff, if i feel like saying "yeah my doctor thinks i'm bp" or whatever to whoever then i do. As long as i'm not hurting anyone then idc what people think of me. I work hard at what i do and if i screw up and act like a jerk then i take responsibility for it and try to work on it. My friends all have problems for the most part, mostly undiagnosed, so none of them really care. They are good at realizing no one is perfect. My family hardly knows anything about bipolar and just kinda listened when i brought it up and then forgot about it, they don't even seem to care, they'll continue to just do what they've been doing.