I work at a residential treatment facility for adolescents, mostly with borderline traits, and I deal with bipolar myself. I try to unload a bit of my work days on my husband and friends in increments, just to talk about it so its not all stuck inside of me but they do not understand it all. They tell me to get a new job in a different field and no matter how loudly I tell them I love helping the kids, they only can see the negatives. Everyone is tired after their work week, mine just happens to be three 12 hour shifts in three sequential days so by the 4th day, I'm exhausted and emotionally drained. All they see is the 4th day or the bad things that I tell them from my week. They ignore all the wonderful things from my week that I tell them. I don't know how to do my job and not tell people about it but I also don't know how to deal with them telling me to quit without sounding like a *****. yes, my first day after my work week is over is essentially a coma day where I do not leave me bed much but the next three are perfectly normal. This turned into more of a rant than anything else but everyone just tells me to quit my job and find a new one. People at my work understand but all my friends and family outside of it cannot understand it.