As Tripping mentioned ..... Don't turn your friend into a 24/7 T.

I am pretty selective on who I have told about my Bipolar , no I am not ashamed, I just don't feel the need to educate people that I am not sure will still be around 6 months down the road .

Funny thing did happen . My husband and I met a couple through a sales job he was working. At first it was fun. We went out to dinner weekly, her and I spent a day out shopping and she spend literally 3 hours complaining about her best friend and her depression like it was this horrible disease that she could pray away if she wanted to .... So yeah ..... Can you image her reaction to bipolar ???? HAHAHAHA

Anyway almost a year later my husband was over at there house helping them out putting up cabinets or something.... Oh I forgot to mention I have Fibromyalgia and it often gets so bad I am in bed .

Earlier that week I offered to dye her hair .. So she asked my husband to call and see about doing it then. My husband said she can't her Fibro has her in bed. She said oh well I can't believe fibro could hurt that bad , she should pray !!!!! My husband snapped and said its hell to watch my wife cry from pain and nothing helps and deal with managing her Bipolar . She's one if the strongest people I know !

Yes he "outted" me ..... Lmao !!!

Needless to say she wasn't texting daily like she use to , going for dinner stopped.

I finally confronted her about it , she said well only crazy people have bipolar!

I seriously cried from laughing at her utter stupidity.

I guess it just reinforced my views on telling people.

Now if I meet someone and the relationship is healthy and the person was able to comprehend that MI is not this big scary demon monster.., I would give a basic over view of my bipolar.

I have great friends that have Bipolar and when need be we can just be totally honest on how we are doing and no one freaks, I highly recommend bipolar friends !

Side note my daughter is 25 and also has bipolar she has no trouble telling anyone she has Bipolar. Her generation isn't so scared or quick to judge like my generation I guess.

Friends should be supportive and help if possible.

Enjoy life ❤️