I disclosed too much about my mental illness to a friend and it turned out disastrously! She seemed trustworthy, truly caring, and I thought it was safe to tell her what I was experiencing. Yet when things got hairy, she couldn't deal with it and bailed on me, finding a reason to blame me for the whole thing! It was an awful experience that still hurts when I think about it, going on 14 years ago. I loved her like a mom and thought she loved me too. But when I was hospitalized and feeling SUI, she started looking for ways to get out of the picture. She wasn't worried about my well being, she just didn't want to be blamed for it if something happened.

My advice is be VERY CAUTIOUS who you trust with your personal mental health issues. I never talk about dissociative parts with anybody but my t now. I only talk about mental health issues with my husband or people I know who have had their own mental health struggles. They are better able to understand and not get judgmental. Even with them, I don't get into details, just general stuff. I don't want to get burned again. I already had trust issues, and what my friend did almost destroyed me.