I Finally Told A Close Friend

I finally told a close friend about my mental illness, well about my Bipolar and that Lyme Disease causes mood swings too anyway. I did not mention my other conditions. She was pensive and then she said that she would not have known, if I had not told her. She said that I handle it really well.

I was glad that she took it so well, and that she commended me for how I handle it. I told her that the medicines I take help me to be able to work and do well in life (which they do).

I knew that she would keep a confidence; I knew that she would not tell others. Otherwise, I would not have confided in her. I needed to do this because she started asking a lot of questions last week, and my answers to some of them had been vague and not totally honest. I came clean on that issue too, explaining that there is a stigma and that some folks had treated me differently after I had told them. I also told her about 2 other folks that she knows who know, however that no one else did know.

This was a really hard thing for me to do! Now time will tell if this changes our relationship or not. I did not know what else to do, because the guilt over not having been totally honest with her was killing me inside.

Have you told anyone, especially someone close who you depend upon in some way?