MI runs rampant in my family. I have been one of the high functioning ones though. Some of us are doctors and engineers. Some of us are homeless and addicted to drugs. There is not a lot of gray area.

My husband's side of the family is no less touched by MI.

So you can say we all talk about it. Supportive or not depends on who you talk to and who is being talked about.

My uncle just died of alcoholism. I have a cousin that lives in a wash in California (essentially homeless and on drugs). My uncle and cousin have just been locked up for self medicating. My grandmother was one of the first to receive electro shock therapy. I have an uncle that has lived on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico for 30 years. Alone. My mother and aunt have severe depression and anxiety.

On and on, I have huge Slavic-Catholic and Scottish-Catholic families. we are all mad here!