Yes... I'm the only person in the family with a mental health illness. Having bipolar has brought up a lot ie sever anxiety/panic attacks which I really hid for decades. My parents were super proud of me for what I achieved in life. Then boom I fell ill and we don't talk about it. I don't like talking about it to anyone who isn't suffering or a mental health professional. My Twin has a great job and relationships and my Older Brother has a great job (stressful) and a lovely family. Where as I have nothing to show. I feel like a bum compared to my friends and family. My parents never talk about bipolar and I don't initiate it either. Guess we are both in the wrong. I feel no-one understands me. I feel I have let my parents down in more ways than just having an illness