hi
there is so much ignorance re mental illness i'm very cautious to who i tell ,stigma is rife in my opinion, i have several ways of looking at it, why tell anyone? i've told people who i thought i knew for them to come back with 'are you violent,' my answer --yes ,but only to myself, i've found other people ok with it ,these are the ones i stick with, the others less so. if i had a physical illness i wouldn't get the same response, i'd say be selective who you tell but then you never know the response till it comes take care