@Wild Coyote:
They might.

The problem is that I'm concerned they'd still think people with BP should be locked up for the rest of their lives. I'm also concerned they'd think depressed people can just "snap out of it".

Seriously, they're like this with politics. They come up with their own beliefs about someone or something, and even when they're proved wrong, they don't accept it. I don't get it.

The hard part about educating them is getting them to trust me.

@p00dlez:
Sorry your father was that way.

You and everyone else are right that I should mentally prepare myself in case this plan doesn't go the way I want it to.